[solved] xfce 4.8 questions

chaostheory29 · 2011-03-22 01:17:02

How do i change alt+click from moving windows to super+click?

also there doesn't seem to be anything in my windows manager and windows tweaks manager settings.

http://i.imgur.com/HKaIu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RYVXq.jpg

Last edited by chaostheory29 (2011-03-22 22:57:35)

chr0nik · 2011-03-22 03:38:17

Settings>Window Manager Tweaks>Accessibility>"Key used to grab and move windows:" is persisted in the file:

~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml

You might be able to change the "easy_click" property from "Alt" to "Super" manually and restart your xfce session.

xconfd is responsible for maintaining these config files; via strace I can see it writing them when I make changes in the Window Manager Tweaks dialog. dbus-monitor shows this configuration information getting passed around on the session message bus when the Window Manager Tweaks dialog is opened or closed as well. Is xconfd running? Do you have a dbus-daemon with the --session switch in your process list?

I hope this helps point you in the right direction.

Last edited by chr0nik (2011-03-22 03:40:07)

chaostheory29 · 2011-03-22 06:33:58

after changing alt to super i restarted my pc and now i cant use thunar. I click the filemanager button but all it says is "Failed to execute default File Manager." 'Input/output error.'
and when i type thunar in terminal i get "thunar: error while loading shared libraries: libnotify.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
this is also affecting my desktop.

i changed it back to alt in the xfwm4.xml but that did not help.

stqn · 2011-03-22 10:35:28

Do you have any package blocked in /etc/pacman.conf? Is your system up to date?

Thunar is trying to load the old libnotify. The new one is called "libnotify.so.4" (because its API changed, so don't just copy/link it to the old name!)

chaostheory29 · 2011-03-22 18:10:23

i just updated and everything is working again thanks for that.

stqn · 2011-03-22 19:07:12

Great! Please mark as solved by editing your first post's title.

Włóczymyśl · 2011-03-22 19:51:58

I have one more Q about xfce4.8!

You know, this default, short panel at the bottom of the page, the question is about it. In the early version of xfce, it was always on the top of maximilized window (if I recall well) and now I can see this bechavior possible only if autohide option is on and I unhide the panel when there is some maximilized window... but as default, the panel prevents the window to be truly maximilized, just showing a lot of desktop at both sides. I want the panel to cover my maximilized windows (e.g. browser) partialy. How to do that?

chaostheory29 · 2011-03-22 20:28:58

stqn wrote:

Great! Please mark as solved by editing your first post's title.

but i am still trying to find out how to change alt-click to super-click to move windows.

lives2evil · 2011-03-22 21:00:31

OK, Włóczymy's question is a bit tricky so it's fine to ask.
But chaostheory29's question about changing alt-click to super-click is easy. You should try and figure it out by your self instead of complaining.
However I'll try and answer both question:
Easy first:
- Open Settings Manager > Window Manager Tweaks > Accessibility. Change Alt to Super. (Just mouse clicks worked so it's easy)
Second:
If you use the default settings for xfce4-panel run these command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1/position

output should be something like this: p=12;x=754;y=747
OK, here change p=12 or whatever to p=0
then run

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1/position -s "p=0;x=754;y=747"

It should work like you wish now.

Last edited by lives2evil (2011-03-22 21:01:35)

chaostheory29 · 2011-03-22 21:17:57

you obviously did not see my first post but thanks anyway for your help.

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also thanks stqn and chr0nik for your help i really appreciate it.

as or the alt click function i will continue to look for a solution,

lives2evil · 2011-03-22 21:47:53

Oh please, didn't you say everything was working again?
Then certainly you should be able to access Settings Manger without trouble. If you can't there must be something wrong with you installation.
If you did managed to access Settings Manager but still fail to do it, I'm disappointed.
In case you still can not use Settings Manager, I'm sorry for previous comments.

Włóczymyśl · 2011-03-23 20:26:25

lives2evil wrote:

OK, Włóczymy's question is a bit tricky so it's fine to ask.
But chaostheory29's question about changing alt-click to super-click is easy. You should try and figure it out by your self instead of complaining.
However I'll try and answer both question:
Easy first:
- Open Settings Manager > Window Manager Tweaks > Accessibility. Change Alt to Super. (Just mouse clicks worked so it's easy)
Second:
If you use the default settings for xfce4-panel run these command:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1/position
output should be something like this: p=12;x=754;y=747
OK, here change p=12 or whatever to p=0
then run
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-1/position -s "p=0;x=754;y=747"
It should work like you wish now.

It didn't... you see, now the window is maximized but the panel is under it. I want to see panel all the time and I want it to be above all the windows but in the same time I want the panel not to block windows from maximization. I hope you can help!

lives2evil · 2011-03-24 08:14:13

Please, could you figure it out by yourself? I show you the path, don't make me take you all the way there.
Also please don't hijack other people's posts. Make your own post if you truely want to ask.

Last edited by lives2evil (2011-03-24 08:15:20)

Włóczymyśl · 2011-03-24 08:36:33

I mean, it's working well (panel is above the window) but the automatic window maximization stops where the panel starts... so the issue is different now and not about positioning the panel as it's done now. Thanks a lot for at last this but it's not perfect behavior jet and I dunno where to look...

lives2evil · 2011-03-24 08:40:07

True, your panel doesn't work. But it did work on mine, since the issue is only on your computer. How am I suppose to troubleshooting it for you?

Last edited by lives2evil (2011-03-24 08:40:34)

stqn · 2011-03-24 09:31:37

This has indeed nothing to do with the original poster's question; please start a new thread...

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