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franziskaner.fan

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From: Barcelona

Registered: 2011-07-01

Posts: 26

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Fluxbox: window switching panel

Good morning,
I kept running fluxbox for years, but latelly I've setted up some windows with:

[Deco] {NONE}
[IconHidden]  {yes}

but sometimes when I begin switching windows (alt+tab in my case) I really don't know where the focus is.
As I think moving my hand to the mouse is a waste of time for that task, I've been looking for a simple window switcher, or a window indicator that tells me to which window I'm moving to...
I've been trying programs like superswitcher, simpleswitcher, skippy or telescope but no one do what I want... I'm simply looking for something like that.
There's any lightweitght alternative for that?
Thanks!

teckk

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Registered: 2013-02-21

Posts: 590

Re: Fluxbox: window switching panel

Middle mouse click on the desktop will give you the workspace menu, going to the desktop number that you want will show you all open apps.

You can do the same things in the ~/.fluxbox/keys file as you can do with a mouse. Here are some examples.

To minimize all apps to the panel, then back. (Mod4) is the windows key.
Mod4 d :ShowDesktop

To get the root menu, then scroll with the arrow keys. Esc to close.
Control Escape :RootMenu

To sleep or poweroff
Mod4 s :Exec sudo pkill X && sleep 5 && sudo systemctl suspend
Mod4 o :Exec sudo systemctl poweroff

To open your most used apps
Mod4 r :Exec rox
Mod4 e :Exec spacefm

Swap back and forth between 2 different sizes for the current window, anchored at the top left corner
Mod4 a :ToggleCmd {ResizeTo 500 400} {ResizeTo 1100 800}

Move and resize the window
Control Mod1 r :MacroCmd {MoveTo 15 15} {ResizeTo 1115 810}

To get the WorkspaceMenu with the keyboard, then use the arrow keys to select.
Mod4 w :WorkspaceMenu

You'll need to reload config or restart Flux for changes to take effect.

franziskaner.fan

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From: Barcelona

Registered: 2011-07-01

Posts: 26

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Re: Fluxbox: window switching panel

Yes, I've my own setup for that features, but is not what I'm looking for.
What I want is an application that shows to which application I'm switching to, only a indicator like the screenshot I linked in the 1st post.
I don't care about where the indicator appear, the tray, middle screen, etc.