1ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5) Standards, Environments and Macros ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5)
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6 icewm-preferences - icewm preferences configuration file
7
9 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/preferences
10 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/preferences
11 $HOME/.icewm/preferences
12 /etc/icewm/preferences
13 /usr/share/icewm/preferences
14
16 Contains general settings like paths, colors and fonts, but also
17 options to control the icewm focus behaviour and the applets which are
18 started in the task bar. The icewm installation will provide a default
19 preferences file, which can be copied to the icewm user configuration
20 directory and modified.
21
23 FOCUS AND BEHAVIOR
24 The following preferences affect focus and general behavior of
25 icewm(1):
26 Alpha=0
28 Use a 32-bit visual for alpha blending
29 Synchronize=0
31 Synchronize X11 for debugging (slow)
32 LogEvents=0
34 Enable event logging for debugging
35 Splash=""
37 Splash image on startup (IceWM.jpg)
38 Trace=""
40 Enable tracing for the given list of modules. Modules which are
41 traceable include conf, icon, prog, systray.
42 ClickToFocus=1
44 Focus windows by clicking in them.
45 FocusOnAppRaise=0
47 Focus windows when applications request that they be raised.
48 RequestFocusOnAppRaise=1
50 Request focus (flashing in taskbar) when application requests
51 raise.
52 RaiseOnFocus=1
54 Raise windows when focused.
55 FocusOnClickClient=1
57 Focus window when client area clicked.
58 RaiseOnClickClient=1
60 Raise window when client area clicked.
61 RaiseOnClickTitleBar=1
63 Raise window when title bar is clicked.
64 RaiseOnClickButton=1
66 Raise window when frame button is clicked.
67 RaiseOnClickFrame=1
69 Raise window when frame border is clicked.
70 LowerOnClickWhenRaised=0
72 Lower the active window when clicked again.
73 PassFirstClickToClient=1
75 Pass focusing click on client area to client.
76 FocusChangesWorkspace=0
78 Change to the workspace of newly focused windows.
79 FocusCurrentWorkspace=0
81 Move newly focused windows to current workspace.
82 FocusOnMap=1
84 Focus normal window when initially mapped.
85 FocusOnMapTransient=0
87 Focus dialog window when initially mapped.
88 FocusOnMapTransientActive=1
90 Focus dialog window when initially mapped only if parent frame
91 focused.
92 MapInactiveOnTop=1
94 Put new windows on top even if not focusing them.
95 PointerColormap=1
97 Colormap focus follows pointer.
98 DontRotateMenuPointer=1
100 Don't rotate the cursor for popup menus.
101 LimitSize=1
103 Limit size of windows to screen.
104 LimitPosition=1
106 Limit position of windows to screen.
107 LimitByDockLayer=0
109 Let the Dock layer limit the workspace (incompatible with GNOME
110 Panel).
111 ConsiderHBorder=0
113 Consider border frames when maximizing horizontally.
114 ConsiderVBorder=0
116 Consider border frames when maximizing vertically.
117 ConsiderSizeHintsMaximized=1
119 Consider XSizeHints if frame is maximized. Turning this off allows
120 the titlebar to cover the width of the screen.
121 CenterMaximizedWindows=0
123 Center maximized windows which can't fit the screen (like
124 terminals).
125 HideBordersMaximized=0
127 Hide window borders if window is maximized.
128 SizeMaximized=0
130 Maximized windows can be resized.
131 ShowMoveSizeStatus=1
133 Show position status window during move/resize.
134 ShowWorkspaceStatus=1
136 Show name of current workspace while switching.
137 MinimizeToDesktop=0
139 Display mini-icons on desktop for minimized windows.
140 MiniIconsPlaceHorizontal=0
142 Place the mini-icons horizontal instead of vertical.
143 MiniIconsRightToLeft=0
145 Place new mini-icons from right to left.
146 MiniIconsBottomToTop=0
148 Place new mini-icons from bottom to top.
149 StrongPointerFocus=0
151 Always maintain focus under mouse window (makes some keyboard
152 support non-functional or unreliable.
153 OpaqueMove=1
155 Opaque window move.
156 OpaqueResize=1
158 Opaque window resize.
159 ManualPlacement=0
161 Windows initially placed manually by user.
162 SmartPlacement=1
164 Smart window placement (minimal overlap).
165 HideTitleBarWhenMaximized=0
167 Hide title bar when maximized.
168 CenterLarge=0
170 Center large windows.
171 CenterTransientsOnOwner=1
173 Center dialogs on owner window.
174 MenuMouseTracking=0
176 Menus track mouse even with no mouse buttons held.
177 AutoRaise=0
179 Raise windows when the mouse pointer enters, after a delay of
180 AutoRaiseDelay milliseconds. Note that "RaiseOnFocus=1" may
181 interfere.
182 DelayPointerFocus=1
184 Delay pointer focusing when mouse moves.
185 Win95Keys=1
187 Support the Windows/Super key modifier to activate special
188 functions. The left Super key toggles the Start menu, while the
189 right Super key toggles the Window list window.
190 ModSuperIsCtrlAlt=0
192 Treat the Super/Win key modifier as a synonym for the Ctrl+Alt
193 modifier combination. The default key bindings have many
194 occurrences of Ctrl+Alt. If you enable this, then the Super
195 modifier is an alternative way to activate them.
196 UseMouseWheel=0
198 Support mouse wheel. When pressing Ctrl+Alt rotating the mouse
199 wheel on the root window will cycle the focus over the windows.
200 TaskBarTaskGrouping=0
202 Group applications with the same class name under a single task
203 button. 0 disables it, 1 shows the number of windows, 2 shows
204 bread crumbs, 3 shows a number + bread crumbs.
205 ShowPopupsAbovePointer=0
207 Show popup menus above mouse pointer.
208 ReplayMenuCancelClick=0
210 Send the clicks outside menus to target window.
211 ClientWindowMouseActions=1
213 Allow mouse actions on client windows (buggy with some programs).
214 GrabRootWindow=1
216 Manage root window (EXPERIMENTAL - normally enabled!).
217 SnapMove=1
219 Snap to nearest screen edge/window when moving windows.
220 SnapDistance=8 [0-64]
222 Distance in pixels before windows snap together.
223 ArrangeWindowsOnScreenSizeChange=1
225 Automatically arrange windows when screen size changes.
226 AllowFullscreen=1
228 Allow to switch a window to fullscreen.
229 FullscreenUseAllMonitors=0
231 Span over all available screens if window goes into fullscreen.
232 MsgBoxDefaultAction=0 [0-1]
234 Preselect to Cancel (0) or the OK (1) button in message boxes.
235 NetWorkAreaBehaviour=0 [0-2]
237 NET_WORKAREA behaviour: 0 (single/multi-monitor with STRUT
238 information, like metacity), 1 (always full desktop), 2 (single
239 monitor with STRUT, multi-monitor without STRUT).
240 QUICK SWITCH
242 QuickSwitch=1
243 Enable Alt+Tab window switching.
244 QuickSwitchToMinimized=1
246 Enable Alt+Tab to minimized windows.
247 QuickSwitchToHidden=1
249 Enable Alt+Tab to hidden windows.
250 QuickSwitchToUrgent=1
252 Prioritize Alt+Tab to urgent windows.
253 QuickSwitchToAllWorkspaces=0
255 Include windows from all workspaces in Alt+Tab.
256 QuickSwitchGroupWorkspaces=1
258 Group windows by workspace together in Alt+Tab.
259 QuickSwitchRaiseCandidate=0
261 Raise a selected window while Alt+Tabbing in the QuickSwitch.
262 QuickSwitchAllIcons=1
264 Show all reachable icons when quick switching.
265 QuickSwitchTextFirst=0
267 Show the window title above (all reachable) icons.
268 QuickSwitchSmallWindow=0
270 Create a smaller QuickSwitch window of 1/3 screen width.
271 QuickSwitchMaxWidth=0
273 Go trough all window titles and choose width of the longest one.
274 QuickSwitchVertical=1
276 Place the icons and titles vertical instead of horizontal.
277 QuickSwitchHugeIcon=0
279 Show the huge (48x48) of the window icon for the active window.
280 QuickSwitchFillSelection=0
282 Fill the rectangle highlighting the current icon.
283 EDGE SWITCHING
285 EdgeSwitch=0
286 Workspace switches by moving mouse to left/right screen edge.
287 HorizontalEdgeSwitch=0
289 Workspace switches by moving mouse to left/right screen edge.
290 VerticalEdgeSwitch=0
292 Workspace switches by moving mouse to top/bottom screen edge.
293 ContinuousEdgeSwitch=1
295 Workspace switches continuously when moving mouse to screen edge.
296 EdgeResistance=32 [0-10000]
298 Resistance in pixels when trying to move windows off the screen
299 (10000 = infinite).
300 TASK BAR
302 The following preferences affect the icewm(1) task bar:
303 ShowTaskBar=1
305 Show task bar.
306 TaskBarAtTop=0
308 Task bar at top of the screen.
309 TaskBarKeepBelow=0
311 Keep the task bar below regular windows.
312 TaskBarAutoHide=0
314 Auto hide task bar after delay.
315 TaskBarFullscreenAutoShow=1
317 Auto show task bar when fullscreen window active.
318 TaskBarShowClock=1
320 Show clock on task bar.
321 TaskBarShowAPMStatus=0
323 Show battery status monitor on task bar.
324 TaskBarShowAPMAuto=1
326 Enable TaskBarShowAPMStatus if a battery is present.
327 TaskBarShowAPMTime=1
329 Show battery status on task bar in time-format
330 TaskBarShowAPMGraph=1
332 Show battery status in graph mode.
333 TaskBarShowMailboxStatus=1
335 Show mailbox status on task bar.
336 TaskBarMailboxStatusBeepOnNewMail=0
338 Beep when new mail arrives.
339 TaskBarMailboxStatusCountMessages=0
341 Count messages in mailbox.
342 TaskBarShowWorkspaces=1
344 Show workspace switching buttons on task bar.
345 TaskBarShowWindows=1
347 Show windows on the taskbar.
348 TaskBarShowShowDesktopButton=1
350 Show 'show desktop' button on taskbar. If set to 2, it will move
351 the icon to the right side, after the clock.
352 ShowEllipsis=1
354 Show Ellipsis in taskbar items.
355 TaskBarShowTray=1
357 Show windows in the tray.
358 TaskBarEnableSystemTray=1
360 Enable the system tray in the taskbar.
361 TrayShowAllWindows=1
363 Show windows from all workspaces on tray.
364 TaskBarShowTransientWindows=1
366 Show transient (dialogs, ...) windows on task bar.
367 TaskBarShowAllWindows=0
369 Show windows from all workspaces on task bar.
370 TaskBarShowWindowIcons=1
372 Show icons of windows on the task bar.
373 TaskBarShowStartMenu=1
375 Show 'Start' menu on task bar.
376 TaskBarShowWindowListMenu=1
378 Show 'window list' menu on task bar.
379 TaskBarShowCPUStatus=1
381 Show CPU status on task bar (Linux & Solaris).
382 CPUStatusShowRamUsage=1
384 Show RAM usage in CPU status tool tip.
385 CPUStatusShowSwapUsage=1
387 Show swap usage in CPU status tool tip.
388 CPUStatusShowAcpiTemp=1
390 Show ACPI temperature in CPU status tool tip.
391 CPUStatusShowAcpiTempInGraph=0
393 Show ACPI temperature in CPU status bar.
394 CPUStatusShowCpuFreq=1
396 Show CPU frequency in CPU status tool tip.
397 NetStatusShowOnlyRunning=0
399 Show network status only for connected devices, such as an active
400 ethernet link or associated wireless interface. If false, any
401 network interface that has been brought up will be displayed.
402 TaskBarShowMEMStatus=1
404 Show memory usage status on task bar (Linux only).
405 TaskBarShowNetStatus=1
407 Show network status on task bar (Linux only).
408 TaskBarShowCollapseButton=0
410 Show a button to collapse the taskbar.
411 TaskBarDoubleHeight=0
413 Use double-height task bar.
414 TaskBarWorkspacesLeft=1
416 Place workspace pager on left, not right.
417 TaskBarWorkspacesTop=0
419 Place workspace pager on top row when using dual-height taskbar.
420 TaskBarWorkspacesLimit=""
422 Limit the number of taskbar workspaces buttons which are shown on
423 the workspaces pane of the taskbar. If the numeric value has a "p"
424 suffix then the limitation is in pixels. A "%" suffix limits by
425 percentage of desktop width. By default a "B" suffix is assumed for
426 number of buttons.
427 TaskBarUseMouseWheel=1
429 Enable mouse wheel cycling over workspaces and task buttons in
430 taskbar.
431 TaskBarClockLeds=0 # 0/1
433 Task bar clock/battery monitor uses nice pixmap LCD display (but
434 then it doesn't display correctly in many languages anymore, e.g.,
435 for Japanese and Korean it works only when a real font is used and
436 not the LCD pixmaps.
437 PagerShowPreview=1
439 Show a mini desktop preview on each workspace button.
440 PagerShowWindowIcons=1
442 Draw window icons inside large enough preview windows on pager (if
443 PagerShowPreview=1).
444 PagerShowMinimized=1
446 Draw even minimized windows as unfilled rectangles (if
447 PagerShowPreview=1).
448 PagerShowBorders=1
450 Draw border around workspace buttons (if PagerShowPreview=1).
451 PagerShowLabels=1
453 Show workspace name label on workspace button (if
454 PagerShowPreview=1)
455 PagerShowNumbers=1
457 Show number of workspace on workspace button (if
458 PagerShowPreview=1).
459 TaskBarLaunchOnSingleClick=1
461 Execute taskbar applet commands (like MailCommand, ClockCommand,
462 ...) on single click.
463 EnableAddressBar=1
465 Enable address bar functionality in taskbar.
466 ShowAddressBar=1
468 Show address bar in task bar.
469 MultiByte=1
471 Overrides automatic multiple byte detection.
472 ConfirmLogout=1
474 Confirm logout.
475 ShapesProtectClientWindow=1
477 Don't cut client windows by shapes set trough frame corner pixmap.
478 DoubleBuffer=1
480 Use double buffering when redrawing the display.
481 XRRDisable=1
483 Disable use of new XRANDR API for dual head (nvidia workaround).
484 PreferFreetypeFonts=1
486 Favour Xft fonts over core X11 fonts where possible.
487 MailBoxPath=""
489 Mailbox path (use \$MAIL instead).
490 Path to a mbox file. Remote mail boxes are accessed by specifying
492 an URL using the Common Internet Scheme Syntax (RFC 1738):
493 `scheme://[user[:password]@]server[:port][/path]`.
495 Supported schemes are "pop3", "imap" and "file". When the scheme
497 is omitted file:// is prepended silently. IMAP subfolders can be
498 accessed by using the path component. Reserved characters like
499 slash ("/"), at ("@") and colon (":") can be specified using escape
500 sequences with a hexadecimal encoding like %2f for the slash or %40
501 for the at sign. For example:
502 file:///var/spool/mail/captnmark
504 pop3://markus:%2f%40%3a@maol.ch/
505 imap://mathias@localhost/INBOX.Maillisten.icewm-user
506 NetworkStatusDevice="eth0 wlan0"
508 Network device for which to show status.
509 TimeFormat="%X"
511 Clock Time format (strftime format string).
512 TimeFormatAlt=""
514 Alternate Clock Time format (e.g., for blinking effects).
515 DateFormat="%c"
517 Clock Date format for tooltip (strftime format string).
518 XRRPrimaryScreenName=""
520 Screen/output name of the primary screen.
521 AcpiIgnoreBatteries=""
523 List of battery names (directories) in /proc/acpi/battery to
524 ignore. Useful when more slots are built-in, but only one battery
525 is used.
526 TaskBarCPUSamples=20 [2-1000]
528 The width of the CPU Monitor applet in pixels.
529 TaskBarMEMSamples=20 [2-1000]
531 The width of the Memory Monitor applet in pixels.
532 TaskBarNetSamples=20 [2-1000]
534 The width of the Net Monitor applet in pixels.
535 TaskbarButtonWidthDivisor=3 [1-25]
537 Default number of tasks in taskbar.
538 TaskBarWidthPercentage=100 [0-100]
540 Task bar width as percentage of the screen width.
541 TaskBarJustify="left"
543 Taskbar justify left, right or center.
544 TaskBarApmGraphWidth=10 [1-1000]
546 Width of battery Monitor.
547 TaskBarGraphHeight=20 [16-1000]
549 Height of taskbar monitoring applets.
550 XineramaPrimaryScreen=0 [0-63]
552 Primary screen for xinerama (taskbar, ...).
553 TaskbuttonIconOffset=0 # [0-16]
555 Width of taskbutton side icons.
556 TrayIconMaxWidth=32 # [16-128]
558 Maximum scaled width of tray icons.
559 TrayIconMaxHeight=24 # [16-128]
561 Maximum scaled height of tray icons.
562 TrayDrawBevel=0 # 0/1
564 Surround the tray with plastic border.
565 KeyboardLayouts=""
567 A comma-separated list of keyboard layouts. A layout may be
568 enclosed in double quotes. Each layout is a name with optional
569 arguments, which is to be parsed by the "setxkbmap" program. To
570 support changing keyboard layouts, the "setxkbmap" program must be
571 installed. The first in the list is the default layout. Programs
572 may have their own keyboard layout defined in the winoptions file.
573 The first two letters of a layout are used to locate an icon image
574 file.
575 MENUS
577 AutoReloadMenus=1
578 Reload menu files automatically.
579 ShowProgramsMenu=0
581 Show programs submenu.
582 ShowSettingsMenu=1
584 Show settings submenu.
585 ShowFocusModeMenu=1
587 Show focus mode submenu.
588 ShowThemesMenu=1
590 Show themes submenu.
591 ShowLogoutMenu=1
593 Show logout menu.
594 ShowHelp=1
596 Show the help menu item.
597 ShowLogoutSubMenu=1
599 Show logout submenu.
600 ShowAbout=1
602 Show the about menu item.
603 ShowRun=1
605 Show the run menu item.
606 ShowWindowList=1
608 Show the window menu item.
609 MenuMaximalWidth=0 [0-16384]
611 Maximal width of popup menus, 2/3 of the screen's width if set to
612 zero.
613 NestedThemeMenuMinNumber=25 [0-1234]
615 Minimal number of themes after which the Themes menu becomes nested
616 (0=disabled).
617 TIMINGS
619 DelayFuzziness=10 (0-100)
620 Delay fuzziness, to allow merging of multiple timer timeouts into
621 one (notebook power saving).
622 ClickMotionDistance=4 [0-32]
624 Pointer motion distance before click gets interpreted as drag.
625 ClickMotionDelay=200 [0-2000]
627 Delay before click gets interpreted as drag.
628 MultiClickTime=400 [0-5000]
630 Multiple click time.
631 MenuActivateDelay=40 [0-5000]
633 Delay before activating menu items.
634 SubmenuMenuActivateDelay=300 [0-5000]
636 Delay before activating menu submenus.
637 ToolTipDelay=1000 [0-5000]
639 Delay before tooltip window is displayed.
640 ToolTipTime=0 [0-60000]
642 Time before tooltip window is hidden (0 means never.
643 AutoHideDelay=300 [0-5000]
645 Delay before task bar is hidden.
646 AutoShowDelay=500 [0-5000]
648 Delay before task bar is shown.
649 AutoRaiseDelay=400 [0-5000]
651 Delay before windows are auto raised if "AutoRaise=1".
652 PointerFocusDelay=200 [0-1000]
654 Delay for pointer focus switching.
655 EdgeSwitchDelay=600 [0-5000]
657 Screen edge workspace switching delay.
658 ScrollBarStartDelay=500 [0-5000]
660 Initial scroll bar autoscroll delay.
661 ScrollBarDelay=30 [0-5000]
663 Scroll bar autoscroll delay.
664 AutoScrollStartDelay=500 [0-5000]
666 Auto scroll start delay.
667 AutoScrollDelay=60 [0-5000]
669 Auto scroll delay.
670 WorkspaceStatusTime=2500 [0-2500]
672 Time before workspace status window is hidden.
673 MailCheckDelay=30 [0-86400]
675 Delay between new-mail checks. (seconds).
676 TaskBarCPUDelay=500 [10-3600000]
678 Delay between CPU Monitor samples in ms.
679 TaskBarMEMDelay=500 [10-3600000]
681 Delay between Memory Monitor samples in ms.
682 TaskBarNetDelay=500 [10-3600000]
684 Delay between Net Monitor samples in ms.
685 FocusRequestFlashTime=0 [0-86400]
687 Number of seconds the taskbar app will blink when requesting focus
688 (0 = forever).
689 FocusRequestFlashInterval=250 [0-30000]
691 Taskbar blink interval (ms) when requesting focus (0 = blinking
692 disabled).
693 BatteryPollingPeriod=10 [2-3600]
695 Delay between power status updates (seconds).
696 PingTimeout=3 [0-86400]
698 Timeout in seconds for applications to respond to the _NET_WM_PING
699 protocol.
700 BUTTONS AND KEYS
702 UseRootButtons=255 [0-255]
703 Bitmask of root window button click to use in window manager.
704 ButtonRaiseMask=1 [0-255]
706 Bitmask of buttons that raise the window when pressed.
707 DesktopWinMenuButton=0 [0-20]
709 Desktop mouse-button click to show the window list menu.
710 DesktopWinListButton=2 # [0-20]
712 Desktop mouse-button click to show the window list
713 DesktopMenuButton=3 [0-20]
715 Desktop mouse-button click to show the root menu.
716 TitleBarMaximizeButton=1 [0-5]
718 Title bar mouse-button double click to maximize the window to full
719 screen with the frame border visible. Press Shift to maximize only
720 in the vertical direction. Press Alt+Shift to maximize only in the
721 horizontal direction.
722 TitleBarRollupButton=2 [0-5]
724 Title bar mouse-button double click to rollup the window. Press
725 Shift to maximize in the horizontal direction.
726 WORKSPACES
728 WorkspaceNames=" 1 ", " 2 ", " 3 ", " 4 "
729 Create four workspaces with names 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 .
730 PATHS
732 IconPath="/usr/local/share/icons:/usr/local/share/pixmaps:/usr/share/icons:/usr/share/pixmaps"
733 Icon search path (colon separated). Also, the icons/ subdirectory
734 in IceWM resource folders are searched first.
735 IconThemes="*:-HighContrast"
737 List of icon themes (colon separated), acting as additional filter
738 of icon subdirectories in any of the IconPath folders. Expressions
739 can be wildcards, also special wildcards (starting with -) can
740 exclude matched themes from selection.
741 MailBoxPath=""
743 Mailbox path (use \$MAIL instead).
744 PROGRAMS
746 MailCommand="xterm -name mutt -e mutt"
747 Command to run on mailbox.
748 MailClassHint="mutt.XTerm"
750 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for MailCommand.
751 NewMailCommand=""
753 Command to run when new mail arrives.
754 LockCommand=""
756 Command to lock display/screensaver.
757 ClockCommand="xclock -name icewm -title Clock"
759 Command to run on clock.
760 ClockClassHint="icewm.XClock"
762 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for ClockCommand.
763 RunCommand=""
765 Command to select and run a program.
766 OpenCommand=""
768 Open command.
769 TerminalCommand="xterm"
771 Terminal emulator must accept -e option.
772 LogoutCommand=""
774 Command to start logout.
775 LogoutCancelCommand=""
777 Command to cancel logout.
778 ShutdownCommand="/bin/sh -c "{ test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl
780 poweroff; } ||:""
781 Command to shutdown the system.
782 RebootCommand="/bin/sh -c "{ test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl
784 reboot; } ||:""
785 Command to reboot the system.
786 SuspendCommand="test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl suspend"
788 Command to send the system to standby mode
789 CPUStatusCommand="xterm -name top -title Process\ Status -e top"
791 Command to run on CPU status.
792 CPUStatusClassHint="top.XTerm"
794 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for CPUStatusCommand.
795 CPUStatusCombine=1 0/1
797 Combine all CPUs to one.
798 NetStatusCommand="xterm -name netstat -title 'Network Status' -e
800 netstat -c"
801 Command to run on Net status.
802 NetStatusClassHint="netstat.XTerm"
804 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for NetStatusCommand.
805 AddressBarCommand=""
807 Command to run for address bar entries.
808 WINDOW MENUS
810 WinMenuItems="rmsnxfhualyticw"
811 Items supported in menu window (rmsnxfhualytickw)
812 RolloverButtonsSupported=0
814 Does it support the 'O' title bar button images (for mouse
815 rollover).
816 ShowMenuButtonIcon=1 # 0/1
818 Show application icon over menu button
819 THEME SETTINGS
821 The following sections show settings that can be set in theme files.
822 They can also be set in the preferences file, but themes will override
823 the values set there. To override the theme values, the settings
824 should be set in prefoverrides file: see icewm-prefoverrides(5).
825 Default values are shown following the equal sign.
826 THEME DESCRIPTION
828 ThemeAuthor=""
830 Theme author, e-mail address, credits.
831 ThemeDescription=""
833 Description of the theme, credits.
834 Look="nice"
836 Choose a theme look from one of: "win95", "motif", "warp3",
837 "warp4", "nice", "metal2", "gtk2", and some others.
838 Gradients=""
840 List of gradient pixmaps in the current theme.
841 THEME BORDERS, ICONS, MARGINS AND BUTTONS
843 BorderSizeX=6 [0-128]
845 Horizontal window border.
846 BorderSizeY=6 [0-128]
848 Vertical window border.
849 DlgBorderSizeX=2 [0-128]
851 Horizontal dialog window border.
852 DlgBorderSizeY=2 [0-128]
854 Vertical dialog window border.
855 CornerSizeX=24 [0-64]
857 Resize corner width.
858 CornerSizeY=24 [0-64]
860 Resize corner height.
861 TitleBarHeight=20 [0-128]
863 Title bar height.
864 TitleBarJustify=0 [0-100]
866 Justification of the window title.
867 TitleBarHorzOffset=0 [-128-128]
869 Horizontal offset for the window title text.
870 TitleBarVertOffset=0 [-128-128]
872 Vertical offset for the window title text.
873 MenuButtonIconVertOffset=0 [-128-128]
875 Vertical offset for the menu button icon.
876 ScrollBarX=16 [0-64]
878 Scrollbar width.
879 ScrollBarY=16 [0-64]
881 Scrollbar (button) height.
882 MenuIconSize=16 [8-128]
884 Menu icon size.
885 SmallIconSize=16 [8-128]
887 Dimension of the small icons.
888 LargeIconSize=32 [8-128]
890 Dimension of the large icons.
891 HugeIconSize=48 [8-128]
893 Dimension of the large icons.
894 QuickSwitchHorzMargin=3 [0-64]
896 Horizontal margin of the quickswitch window.
897 QuickSwitchVertMargin=3 [0-64]
899 Vertical margin of the quickswitch window.
900 QuickSwitchIconMargin=4 [0-64]
902 Vertical margin in the quickswitch window.
903 QuickSwitchIconBorder=2 [0-64]
905 Distance between the active icon and it's border.
906 QuickSwitchSeparatorSize=6 [0-64]
908 Height of the separator between (all reachable) icons and text, 0
909 to avoid it.
910 TitleButtonsLeft="s"
912 Titlebar buttons from left to right (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide,
913 r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).
914 TitleButtonsRight="xmir"
916 Titlebar buttons from right to left (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide,
917 r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).
918 TitleButtonsSupported="xmis"
920 Titlebar buttons supported by theme (x,m,i,r,h,s,d).
921 TitleBarCentered=0 # 0/1
923 Draw window title centered (obsoleted by TitleBarJustify).
924 TitleBarJoinLeft=0 # 0/1
926 Join title*S and title*T.
927 TitleBarJoinRight=0 # 0/1
929 Join title*T and title*B.
930 THEME FONTS
932 TitleFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
934 TitleFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
935 Name of the title bar font.
936 MenuFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
938 MenuFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=10:bold"
939 Name of the menu font.
940 StatusFontName="-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
942 StatusFontNameXft="monospace:size=12:bold"
943 Name of the status display font.
944 QuickSwitchFontName="-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
946 QuickSwitchFontNameXft="monospace:size=12:bold"
947 Name of the font for Alt+Tab switcher window.
948 NormalButtonFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
950 NormalButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
951 Name of the normal button font.
952 ActiveButtonFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
954 ActiveButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"
955 Name of the active button font.
956 NormalTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
958 NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
959 Name of the normal task bar item font.
960 ActiveTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
962 ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"
963 Name of the active task bar item font.
964 ToolButtonFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
966 ToolButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
967 Name of the tool button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName).
968 NormalWorkspaceFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
970 NormalWorkspaceFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
971 Name of the normal workspace button font (fallback:
972 NormalButtonFontName).
973 ActiveWorkspaceFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
975 ActiveWorkspaceFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
976 Name of the active workspace button font (fallback:
977 ActiveButtonFontName).
978 MinimizedWindowFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
980 MinimizedWindowFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
981 Name of the mini-window font.
982 ListBoxFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
984 ListBoxFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
985 Name of the window list font.
986 ToolTipFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
988 ToolTipFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
989 Name of the tool tip font.
990 ClockFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
992 ClockFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
993 Name of the task bar clock font.
994 TempFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
996 TempFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
997 Name of the task bar temperature font.
998 ApmFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1000 ApmFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1001 Name of the task bar battery font.
1002 InputFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1004 InputFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1005 Name of the input field font.
1006 LabelFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1008 LabelFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
1009 Name of the label font.
1010 THEME COLORS
1012 ColorDialog = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1014 Background of dialog windows.
1015 ColorNormalBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1017 Border of inactive windows.
1018 ColorActiveBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1020 Border of active windows.
1021 ColorNormalButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1023 Background of regular buttons.
1024 ColorNormalButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1026 Text color of regular buttons.
1027 ColorActiveButton = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1029 Background of pressed buttons.
1030 ColorActiveButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1032 Text color of pressed buttons.
1033 ColorNormalTitleButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1035 Background of titlebar buttons.
1036 ColorNormalTitleButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1038 Text color of titlebar buttons.
1039 ColorToolButton = ""
1041 Background of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty.
1042 ColorToolButtonText = ""
1044 Text color of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if
1045 empty.
1046 ColorNormalWorkspaceButton = ""
1048 Background of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if
1049 empty.
1050 ColorNormalWorkspaceButtonText = ""
1052 Text color of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if
1053 empty.
1054 ColorActiveWorkspaceButton = ""
1056 Background of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButton is
1057 used if empty.
1058 ColorActiveWorkspaceButtonText = ""
1060 Text color of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButtonText is
1061 used if empty.
1062 ColorNormalTitleBar = "rgb:80/80/80"
1064 Background of the titlebar of regular windows.
1065 ColorNormalTitleBarText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1067 Text color of the titlebar of regular windows.
1068 ColorNormalTitleBarShadow = ""
1070 Text shadow of the titlebar of regular windows.
1071 ColorActiveTitleBar = "rgb:00/00/A0"
1073 Background of the titlebar of active windows.
1074 ColorActiveTitleBarText = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"
1076 Text color of the titlebar of active windows.
1077 ColorActiveTitleBarShadow = ""
1079 Text shadow of the titlebar of active windows.
1080 ColorNormalMinimizedWindow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1082 Background for mini icons of regular windows.
1083 ColorNormalMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1085 Text color for mini icons of regular windows.
1086 ColorActiveMinimizedWindow = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1088 Background for mini icons of active windows.
1089 ColorActiveMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1091 Text color for mini icons of active windows.
1092 ColorNormalMenu = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1094 Background of pop-up menus.
1095 ColorNormalMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1097 Text color of regular menu items.
1098 ColorActiveMenuItem = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1100 Background of selected menu item, leave empty to force
1101 transparency.
1102 ColorActiveMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1104 Text color of selected menu items.
1105 ColorDisabledMenuItemText = "rgb:80/80/80"
1107 Text color of disabled menu items.
1108 ColorDisabledMenuItemShadow = ""
1110 Shadow of regular menu items.
1111 ColorMoveSizeStatus = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1113 Background of move/resize status window.
1114 ColorMoveSizeStatusText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1116 Text color of move/resize status window.
1117 ColorQuickSwitch = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1119 Background of the quick switch window.
1120 ColorQuickSwitchText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1122 Text color in the quick switch window.
1123 ColorQuickSwitchActive = ""
1125 Rectangle around the active icon in the quick switch window.
1126 ColorDefaultTaskBar = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1128 Background of the taskbar.
1129 ColorNormalTaskBarApp = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1131 Background for task buttons of regular windows.
1132 ColorNormalTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1134 Text color for task buttons of regular windows.
1135 ColorActiveTaskBarApp = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1137 Background for task buttons of the active window.
1138 ColorActiveTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1140 Text color for task buttons of the active window.
1141 ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1143 Background for task buttons of minimized windows.
1144 ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1146 Text color for task buttons of minimized windows.
1147 ColorInvisibleTaskBarApp = "rgb:80/80/80"
1149 Background for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.
1150 ColorInvisibleTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1152 Text color for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.
1153 ColorScrollBar = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1155 Scrollbar background (sliding area).
1156 ColorScrollBarSlider = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1158 Background of the slider button in scrollbars.
1159 ColorScrollBarButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1161 Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars.
1162 ColorScrollBarArrow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1164 Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars (obsolete).
1165 ColorScrollBarButtonArrow = "rgb:00/00/00"
1167 Color of active arrows on scrollbar buttons.
1168 ColorScrollBarInactiveArrow = "rgb:80/80/80"
1170 Color of inactive arrows on scrollbar buttons.
1171 ColorListBox = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1173 Background of listboxes.
1174 ColorListBoxText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1176 Text color in listboxes.
1177 ColorListBoxSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"
1179 Background of selected listbox items.
1180 ColorListBoxSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1182 Text color of selected listbox items.
1183 ColorToolTip = "rgb:E0/E0/00"
1185 Background of tooltips.
1186 ColorToolTipText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1188 Text color of tooltips.
1189 ColorLabel = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1191 Background of labels, leave empty to force transparency.
1192 ColorLabelText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1194 Text color of labels.
1195 ColorInput = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"
1197 Background of text entry fields (e.g., the addressbar).
1198 ColorInputText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1200 Text color of text entry fields (e.g., the addressbar).
1201 ColorInputSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"
1203 Background of selected text in an entry field.
1204 ColorInputSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1206 Selected text in an entry field.
1207 ColorClock = "rgb:00/00/00"
1209 Background of non-LCD clock, leave empty to force transparency.
1210 ColorClockText = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1212 Background of non-LCD monitor.
1213 ColorApm = "rgb:00/00/00"
1215 Background of battery monitor, leave empty to force transparency.
1216 ColorApmText = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1218 Text color of battery monitor.
1219 ColorApmBattery = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1221 Color of battery monitor when discharging.
1222 ColorApmLine = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1224 Color of battery monitor when charging.
1225 ColorApmGraphBg = "rgb:00/00/00"
1227 Background color for graph mode.
1228 ColorCPUStatusUser = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1230 User load on the CPU monitor.
1231 ColorCPUStatusSystem = "rgb:FF/00/00"
1233 System load on the CPU monitor.
1234 ColorCPUStatusInterrupts = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1236 Interrupts on the CPU monitor.
1237 ColorCPUStatusIoWait = "rgb:60/00/60"
1239 IO Wait on the CPU monitor.
1240 ColorCPUStatusSoftIrq = "rgb:00/FF/FF"
1242 Soft Interrupts on the CPU monitor.
1243 ColorCPUStatusNice = "rgb:00/00/FF"
1245 Nice load on the CPU monitor.
1246 ColorCPUStatusIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"
1248 Idle (non) load on the CPU monitor, leave empty to force
1249 transparency.
1250 ColorCPUStatusSteal = "rgb:FF/8A/91"
1252 Involuntary Wait on the CPU monitor.
1253 ColorCPUStatusTemp = "rgb:60/60/C0"
1255 Temperature of the CPU.
1256 ColorMEMStatusUser = "rgb:40/40/80"
1258 User program usage in the memory monitor.
1259 ColorMEMStatusBuffers = "rgb:60/60/C0"
1261 OS buffers usage in the memory monitor.
1262 ColorMEMStatusCached = "rgb:80/80/FF"
1264 OS cached usage in the memory monitor.
1265 ColorMEMStatusFree = "rgb:00/00/00"
1267 Free memory in the memory monitor.
1268 ColorNetSend = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1270 Outgoing load on the network monitor.
1271 ColorNetReceive = "rgb:FF/00/FF"
1273 Incoming load on the network monitor.
1274 ColorNetIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"
1276 Idle (non) load on the network monitor, leave empty to force
1277 transparency.
1278 DesktopBackgroundColor=""
1280 Desktop background color(s).
1281 DesktopTransparencyColor=""
1283 Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1284 DESKTOP BACKGROUND
1286 The following preferences are read by icewmbg(1):
1288 DesktopBackgroundCenter=0 0/1
1290 Display desktop background centered and not tiled.
1291 DesktopBackgroundScaled=0 0/1
1293 Resize desktop background to full screen.
1294 DesktopBackgroundColor=""
1296 Desktop background color(s).
1297 DesktopBackgroundImage=""
1299 Desktop background image(s).
1300 SupportSemitransparency=1 0/1
1302 Support for semitransparent terminals like Eterm or gnome-terminal.
1303 DesktopTransparencyColor=""
1305 Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1306 DesktopTransparencyImage=""
1308 Image(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1309 DesktopBackgroundMultihead=0 0/1
1311 Paint the background image over all multihead monitors combined.
1312
1314 Alpha=1
1315 Splash="IceWM.jpg"
1316 LimitSize=0
1317 LimitPosition=0
1318 LimitByDockLayer=1
1319 QuickSwitchToAllWorkspaces=1
1320 QuickSwitchHugeIcon=1
1321 QuickSwitchFillSelection=1
1322 TaskBarMailboxStatusBeepOnNewMail=1
1323 TaskBarMailboxStatusCountMessages=1
1324 TaskBarShowMEMStatus=0
1325 TaskBarShowCollapseButton=1
1326 TaskBarWorkspacesLimit="8"
1327 ShowProgramsMenu=1
1328 ShowAddressBar=0
1329 ToolTipDelay=200
1330 ToolTipTime=5000
1331 AutoHideDelay=900
1332 AutoShowDelay=100
1333 EdgeResistance=3
1334 KeySysWinMenu=""
1335 KeySysWinListMenu="Shift+Ctrl+Esc"
1336 The above example shows how to tell icewm to not bind a specific key:
1338 KeySysWinMenu in this case.
1339
1341 Locations for the preferences file are as follows:
1342 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/preferences
1344 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/preferences
1345 $HOME/.icewm/preferences
1346 /etc/icewm/preferences
1347 /usr/share/icewm/preferences
1348 The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found is
1350 read and the remainder ignored.
1351
1353 icewm(1), icewm-prefoverride(5).
1354
1356 Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.
1357
1359 IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See
1360 the COPYING file in the distribution.
1361icewm 2.3.4 2021-05-10 ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5)