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, font, 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 A colon separated list of paths of your mailboxes. If this is
490 empty, $MAILPATH or $MAIL is used instead.
491 Path to a mbox file. Remote mail boxes are accessed by specifying
493 an URL using the Common Internet Scheme Syntax (RFC 1738):
494 `scheme://[user[:password]@]server[:port][/path]`.
496 Supported schemes are "pop3", "imap" and "file". When the scheme
498 is omitted file:// is prepended silently. IMAP subfolders can be
499 accessed by using the path component. Reserved characters like
500 slash ("/"), at ("@") and colon (":") can be specified using escape
501 sequences with a hexadecimal encoding like %2f for the slash or %40
502 for the at sign. For example:
503 file:///var/spool/mail/captnmark
505 pop3://markus:%2f%40%3a@maol.ch/
506 imap://mathias@localhost/INBOX.Maillisten.icewm-user
507 NetworkStatusDevice="eth0 wlan0"
509 Network device for which to show status.
510 TimeFormat="%X"
512 Clock Time format (strftime format string).
513 TimeFormatAlt=""
515 Alternate Clock Time format (e.g., for blinking effects).
516 DateFormat="%c"
518 Clock Date format for tooltip (strftime format string).
519 DockApps="right high desktop"
521 Support DockApps (right, left, center, down, high, above, below,
522 desktop, or empty to disable). Control with Ctrl+Mouse.
523 XRRPrimaryScreenName=""
525 Screen/output name of the primary screen.
526 AcpiIgnoreBatteries=""
528 List of battery names (directories) in /proc/acpi/battery to
529 ignore. Useful when more slots are built-in, but only one battery
530 is used.
531 TaskBarCPUSamples=20 [2-1000]
533 The width of the CPU Monitor applet in pixels.
534 TaskBarMEMSamples=20 [2-1000]
536 The width of the Memory Monitor applet in pixels.
537 TaskBarNetSamples=20 [2-1000]
539 The width of the Net Monitor applet in pixels.
540 TaskbarButtonWidthDivisor=3 [1-25]
542 Default number of tasks in taskbar.
543 TaskBarWidthPercentage=100 [0-100]
545 Task bar width as percentage of the screen width.
546 TaskBarJustify="left"
548 Taskbar justify left, right or center.
549 TaskBarApmGraphWidth=10 [1-1000]
551 Width of battery Monitor.
552 TaskBarGraphHeight=20 [16-1000]
554 Height of taskbar monitoring applets.
555 XineramaPrimaryScreen=0 [0-63]
557 Primary screen for xinerama (taskbar, ...).
558 TaskbuttonIconOffset=0 # [0-16]
560 Width of taskbutton side icons.
561 TrayIconMaxWidth=32 # [16-128]
563 Maximum scaled width of tray icons.
564 TrayIconMaxHeight=24 # [16-128]
566 Maximum scaled height of tray icons.
567 TrayDrawBevel=0 # 0/1
569 Surround the tray with plastic border.
570 KeyboardLayouts=""
572 A comma-separated list of keyboard layouts. A layout may be
573 enclosed in double quotes. Each layout is a name with optional
574 arguments, which is to be parsed by the "setxkbmap" program. To
575 support changing keyboard layouts, the "setxkbmap" program must be
576 installed. The first in the list is the default layout. Programs
577 may have their own keyboard layout defined in the winoptions file.
578 The first two letters of a layout are used to locate an icon image
579 file.
580 MENUS
582 AutoReloadMenus=1
583 Reload menu files automatically.
584 ShowProgramsMenu=0
586 Show programs submenu.
587 ShowSettingsMenu=1
589 Show settings submenu.
590 ShowFocusModeMenu=1
592 Show focus mode submenu.
593 ShowThemesMenu=1
595 Show themes submenu.
596 ShowLogoutMenu=1
598 Show logout menu.
599 ShowHelp=1
601 Show the help menu item.
602 ShowLogoutSubMenu=1
604 Show logout submenu.
605 ShowAbout=1
607 Show the about menu item.
608 ShowRun=1
610 Show the run menu item.
611 ShowWindowList=1
613 Show the window menu item.
614 MenuMaximalWidth=0 [0-16384]
616 Maximal width of popup menus, 2/3 of the screen's width if set to
617 zero.
618 NestedThemeMenuMinNumber=25 [0-1234]
620 Minimal number of themes after which the Themes menu becomes nested
621 (0=disabled).
622 TIMINGS
624 DelayFuzziness=10 (0-100)
625 Delay fuzziness, to allow merging of multiple timer timeouts into
626 one (notebook power saving).
627 ClickMotionDistance=4 [0-32]
629 Pointer motion distance before click gets interpreted as drag.
630 ClickMotionDelay=200 [0-2000]
632 Delay before click gets interpreted as drag.
633 MultiClickTime=400 [0-5000]
635 Multiple click time.
636 MenuActivateDelay=40 [0-5000]
638 Delay before activating menu items.
639 SubmenuMenuActivateDelay=300 [0-5000]
641 Delay before activating menu submenus.
642 ToolTipDelay=1000 [0-5000]
644 Delay before tooltip window is displayed.
645 ToolTipTime=0 [0-60000]
647 Time before tooltip window is hidden (0 means never.
648 AutoHideDelay=300 [0-5000]
650 Delay before task bar is hidden.
651 AutoShowDelay=500 [0-5000]
653 Delay before task bar is shown.
654 AutoRaiseDelay=400 [0-5000]
656 Delay before windows are auto raised if "AutoRaise=1".
657 PointerFocusDelay=200 [0-1000]
659 Delay for pointer focus switching.
660 EdgeSwitchDelay=600 [0-5000]
662 Screen edge workspace switching delay.
663 ScrollBarStartDelay=500 [0-5000]
665 Initial scroll bar autoscroll delay.
666 ScrollBarDelay=30 [0-5000]
668 Scroll bar autoscroll delay.
669 AutoScrollStartDelay=500 [0-5000]
671 Auto scroll start delay.
672 AutoScrollDelay=60 [0-5000]
674 Auto scroll delay.
675 WorkspaceStatusTime=2500 [0-2500]
677 Time before workspace status window is hidden.
678 MailCheckDelay=30 [0-86400]
680 Delay between new-mail checks. (seconds).
681 TaskBarCPUDelay=500 [10-3600000]
683 Delay between CPU Monitor samples in ms.
684 TaskBarMEMDelay=500 [10-3600000]
686 Delay between Memory Monitor samples in ms.
687 TaskBarNetDelay=500 [10-3600000]
689 Delay between Net Monitor samples in ms.
690 FocusRequestFlashTime=0 [0-86400]
692 Number of seconds the taskbar app will blink when requesting focus
693 (0 = forever).
694 FocusRequestFlashInterval=250 [0-30000]
696 Taskbar blink interval (ms) when requesting focus (0 = blinking
697 disabled).
698 BatteryPollingPeriod=10 [2-3600]
700 Delay between power status updates (seconds).
701 PingTimeout=3 [0-86400]
703 Timeout in seconds for applications to respond to the _NET_WM_PING
704 protocol.
705 BUTTONS AND KEYS
707 UseRootButtons=255 [0-255]
708 Bitmask of root window button click to use in window manager.
709 ButtonRaiseMask=1 [0-255]
711 Bitmask of buttons that raise the window when pressed.
712 DesktopWinMenuButton=0 [0-20]
714 Desktop mouse-button click to show the window list menu.
715 DesktopWinListButton=2 # [0-20]
717 Desktop mouse-button click to show the window list
718 DesktopMenuButton=3 [0-20]
720 Desktop mouse-button click to show the root menu.
721 TitleBarMaximizeButton=1 [0-5]
723 Title bar mouse-button double click to maximize the window to full
724 screen with the frame border visible. Press Shift to maximize only
725 in the vertical direction. Press Alt+Shift to maximize only in the
726 horizontal direction.
727 TitleBarRollupButton=2 [0-5]
729 Title bar mouse-button double click to rollup the window. Press
730 Shift to maximize in the horizontal direction.
731 WORKSPACES
733 WorkspaceNames=" 1 ", " 2 ", " 3 ", " 4 "
734 Create four workspaces with names 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 .
735 PATHS
737 IconPath="/usr/local/share/icons:/usr/local/share/pixmaps:/usr/share/icons:/usr/share/pixmaps"
738 Icon search path (colon separated). Also, the icons/ subdirectory
739 in IceWM resource folders are searched first.
740 IconThemes="*:-HighContrast"
742 List of icon themes (colon separated), acting as additional filter
743 of icon subdirectories in any of the IconPath folders. Expressions
744 can be wildcards, also special wildcards (starting with -) can
745 exclude matched themes from selection.
746 MailBoxPath=""
748 A colon separated list of paths of your mailboxes. If this is
749 empty, $MAILPATH or $MAIL is used instead.
750 PROGRAMS
752 MailCommand="xterm -name mutt -e mutt"
753 Command to run on mailbox.
754 MailClassHint="mutt.XTerm"
756 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for MailCommand.
757 NewMailCommand=""
759 Command to run when new mail arrives.
760 LockCommand=""
762 Command to lock display/screensaver.
763 ClockCommand="xclock -name icewm -title Clock"
765 Command to run on clock.
766 ClockClassHint="icewm.XClock"
768 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for ClockCommand.
769 RunCommand=""
771 Command to select and run a program.
772 OpenCommand=""
774 Open command.
775 TerminalCommand="xterm"
777 Terminal emulator must accept -e option.
778 LogoutCommand=""
780 Command to start logout.
781 LogoutCancelCommand=""
783 Command to cancel logout.
784 ShutdownCommand="/bin/sh -c "{ test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl
786 poweroff; } ||:""
787 Command to shutdown the system.
788 RebootCommand="/bin/sh -c "{ test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl
790 reboot; } ||:""
791 Command to reboot the system.
792 SuspendCommand="test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl suspend"
794 Command to send the system to standby mode
795 CPUStatusCommand="xterm -name top -title Process\ Status -e top"
797 Command to run on CPU status.
798 CPUStatusClassHint="top.XTerm"
800 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for CPUStatusCommand.
801 CPUStatusCombine=1 0/1
803 Combine all CPUs to one.
804 NetStatusCommand="xterm -name netstat -title 'Network Status' -e
806 netstat -c"
807 Command to run on Net status.
808 NetStatusClassHint="netstat.XTerm"
810 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for NetStatusCommand.
811 AddressBarCommand=""
813 Command to run for address bar entries.
814 WINDOW MENUS
816 WinMenuItems="rmsnxfhualyticw"
817 Items supported in menu window (rmsnxfhualytickw)
818 RolloverButtonsSupported=0
820 Does it support the 'O' title bar button images (for mouse
821 rollover).
822 ShowMenuButtonIcon=1 # 0/1
824 Show application icon over menu button
825 THEME SETTINGS
827 The following sections show settings that can be set in theme files.
828 They can also be set in the preferences file, but themes will override
829 the values set there. To override the theme values, the settings
830 should be set in prefoverrides file: see icewm-prefoverrides(5).
831 Default values are shown following the equal sign.
832 THEME DESCRIPTION
834 ThemeAuthor=""
836 Theme author, e-mail address, credits.
837 ThemeDescription=""
839 Description of the theme, credits.
840 Look="nice"
842 Choose a theme look from one of: "win95", "motif", "warp3",
843 "warp4", "nice", "metal2", "gtk2", and some others.
844 Gradients=""
846 List of gradient pixmaps in the current theme.
847 THEME BORDERS, ICONS, MARGINS AND BUTTONS
849 BorderSizeX=6 [0-128]
851 Horizontal window border.
852 BorderSizeY=6 [0-128]
854 Vertical window border.
855 DlgBorderSizeX=2 [0-128]
857 Horizontal dialog window border.
858 DlgBorderSizeY=2 [0-128]
860 Vertical dialog window border.
861 CornerSizeX=24 [0-64]
863 Resize corner width.
864 CornerSizeY=24 [0-64]
866 Resize corner height.
867 TitleBarHeight=20 [0-128]
869 Title bar height.
870 TitleBarJustify=0 [0-100]
872 Justification of the window title.
873 TitleBarHorzOffset=0 [-128-128]
875 Horizontal offset for the window title text.
876 TitleBarVertOffset=0 [-128-128]
878 Vertical offset for the window title text.
879 MenuButtonIconVertOffset=0 [-128-128]
881 Vertical offset for the menu button icon.
882 ScrollBarX=16 [0-64]
884 Scrollbar width.
885 ScrollBarY=16 [0-64]
887 Scrollbar (button) height.
888 MenuIconSize=16 [8-128]
890 Menu icon size.
891 SmallIconSize=16 [8-128]
893 Dimension of the small icons.
894 LargeIconSize=32 [8-128]
896 Dimension of the large icons.
897 HugeIconSize=48 [8-128]
899 Dimension of the large icons.
900 QuickSwitchHorzMargin=3 [0-64]
902 Horizontal margin of the quickswitch window.
903 QuickSwitchVertMargin=3 [0-64]
905 Vertical margin of the quickswitch window.
906 QuickSwitchIconMargin=4 [0-64]
908 Vertical margin in the quickswitch window.
909 QuickSwitchIconBorder=2 [0-64]
911 Distance between the active icon and it's border.
912 QuickSwitchSeparatorSize=6 [0-64]
914 Height of the separator between (all reachable) icons and text, 0
915 to avoid it.
916 TitleButtonsLeft="s"
918 Titlebar buttons from left to right (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide,
919 r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).
920 TitleButtonsRight="xmir"
922 Titlebar buttons from right to left (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide,
923 r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).
924 TitleButtonsSupported="xmis"
926 Titlebar buttons supported by theme (x,m,i,r,h,s,d).
927 TitleBarCentered=0 # 0/1
929 Draw window title centered (obsoleted by TitleBarJustify).
930 TitleBarJoinLeft=0 # 0/1
932 Join title*S and title*T.
933 TitleBarJoinRight=0 # 0/1
935 Join title*T and title*B.
936 THEME FONTS
938 TitleFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
940 TitleFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
941 Name of the title bar font.
942 MenuFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
944 MenuFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=10:bold"
945 Name of the menu font.
946 StatusFontName="-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
948 StatusFontNameXft="monospace:size=12:bold"
949 Name of the status display font.
950 QuickSwitchFontName="-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
952 QuickSwitchFontNameXft="monospace:size=12:bold"
953 Name of the font for Alt+Tab switcher window.
954 NormalButtonFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
956 NormalButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
957 Name of the normal button font.
958 ActiveButtonFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
960 ActiveButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"
961 Name of the active button font.
962 NormalTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
964 NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
965 Name of the normal task bar item font.
966 ActiveTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
968 ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"
969 Name of the active task bar item font.
970 ToolButtonFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
972 ToolButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
973 Name of the tool button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName).
974 NormalWorkspaceFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
976 NormalWorkspaceFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
977 Name of the normal workspace button font (fallback:
978 NormalButtonFontName).
979 ActiveWorkspaceFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
981 ActiveWorkspaceFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
982 Name of the active workspace button font (fallback:
983 ActiveButtonFontName).
984 MinimizedWindowFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
986 MinimizedWindowFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
987 Name of the mini-window font.
988 ListBoxFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
990 ListBoxFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
991 Name of the window list font.
992 ToolTipFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
994 ToolTipFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
995 Name of the tool tip font.
996 ClockFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
998 ClockFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
999 Name of the task bar clock font.
1000 TempFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1002 TempFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1003 Name of the task bar temperature font.
1004 ApmFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1006 ApmFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1007 Name of the task bar battery font.
1008 InputFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1010 InputFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1011 Name of the input field font.
1012 LabelFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1014 LabelFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
1015 Name of the label font.
1016 THEME COLORS
1018 ColorDialog = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1020 Background of dialog windows.
1021 ColorNormalBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1023 Border of inactive windows.
1024 ColorActiveBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1026 Border of active windows.
1027 ColorNormalButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1029 Background of regular buttons.
1030 ColorNormalButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1032 Text color of regular buttons.
1033 ColorActiveButton = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1035 Background of pressed buttons.
1036 ColorActiveButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1038 Text color of pressed buttons.
1039 ColorNormalTitleButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1041 Background of titlebar buttons.
1042 ColorNormalTitleButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1044 Text color of titlebar buttons.
1045 ColorToolButton = ""
1047 Background of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty.
1048 ColorToolButtonText = ""
1050 Text color of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if
1051 empty.
1052 ColorNormalWorkspaceButton = ""
1054 Background of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if
1055 empty.
1056 ColorNormalWorkspaceButtonText = ""
1058 Text color of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if
1059 empty.
1060 ColorActiveWorkspaceButton = ""
1062 Background of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButton is
1063 used if empty.
1064 ColorActiveWorkspaceButtonText = ""
1066 Text color of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButtonText is
1067 used if empty.
1068 ColorNormalTitleBar = "rgb:80/80/80"
1070 Background of the titlebar of regular windows.
1071 ColorNormalTitleBarText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1073 Text color of the titlebar of regular windows.
1074 ColorNormalTitleBarShadow = ""
1076 Text shadow of the titlebar of regular windows.
1077 ColorActiveTitleBar = "rgb:00/00/A0"
1079 Background of the titlebar of active windows.
1080 ColorActiveTitleBarText = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"
1082 Text color of the titlebar of active windows.
1083 ColorActiveTitleBarShadow = ""
1085 Text shadow of the titlebar of active windows.
1086 ColorNormalMinimizedWindow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1088 Background for mini icons of regular windows.
1089 ColorNormalMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1091 Text color for mini icons of regular windows.
1092 ColorActiveMinimizedWindow = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1094 Background for mini icons of active windows.
1095 ColorActiveMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1097 Text color for mini icons of active windows.
1098 ColorNormalMenu = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1100 Background of pop-up menus.
1101 ColorNormalMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1103 Text color of regular menu items.
1104 ColorActiveMenuItem = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1106 Background of selected menu item, leave empty to force
1107 transparency.
1108 ColorActiveMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1110 Text color of selected menu items.
1111 ColorDisabledMenuItemText = "rgb:80/80/80"
1113 Text color of disabled menu items.
1114 ColorDisabledMenuItemShadow = ""
1116 Shadow of regular menu items.
1117 ColorMoveSizeStatus = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1119 Background of move/resize status window.
1120 ColorMoveSizeStatusText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1122 Text color of move/resize status window.
1123 ColorQuickSwitch = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1125 Background of the quick switch window.
1126 ColorQuickSwitchText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1128 Text color in the quick switch window.
1129 ColorQuickSwitchActive = ""
1131 Rectangle around the active icon in the quick switch window.
1132 ColorDefaultTaskBar = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1134 Background of the taskbar.
1135 ColorNormalTaskBarApp = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1137 Background for task buttons of regular windows.
1138 ColorNormalTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1140 Text color for task buttons of regular windows.
1141 ColorActiveTaskBarApp = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1143 Background for task buttons of the active window.
1144 ColorActiveTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1146 Text color for task buttons of the active window.
1147 ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1149 Background for task buttons of minimized windows.
1150 ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1152 Text color for task buttons of minimized windows.
1153 ColorInvisibleTaskBarApp = "rgb:80/80/80"
1155 Background for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.
1156 ColorInvisibleTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1158 Text color for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.
1159 ColorScrollBar = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1161 Scrollbar background (sliding area).
1162 ColorScrollBarSlider = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1164 Background of the slider button in scrollbars.
1165 ColorScrollBarButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1167 Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars.
1168 ColorScrollBarArrow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1170 Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars (obsolete).
1171 ColorScrollBarButtonArrow = "rgb:00/00/00"
1173 Color of active arrows on scrollbar buttons.
1174 ColorScrollBarInactiveArrow = "rgb:80/80/80"
1176 Color of inactive arrows on scrollbar buttons.
1177 ColorListBox = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1179 Background of listboxes.
1180 ColorListBoxText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1182 Text color in listboxes.
1183 ColorListBoxSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"
1185 Background of selected listbox items.
1186 ColorListBoxSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1188 Text color of selected listbox items.
1189 ColorToolTip = "rgb:E0/E0/00"
1191 Background of tooltips.
1192 ColorToolTipText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1194 Text color of tooltips.
1195 ColorLabel = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1197 Background of labels, leave empty to force transparency.
1198 ColorLabelText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1200 Text color of labels.
1201 ColorInput = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"
1203 Background of text entry fields (e.g., the addressbar).
1204 ColorInputText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1206 Text color of text entry fields (e.g., the addressbar).
1207 ColorInputSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"
1209 Background of selected text in an entry field.
1210 ColorInputSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1212 Selected text in an entry field.
1213 ColorClock = "rgb:00/00/00"
1215 Background of non-LCD clock, leave empty to force transparency.
1216 ColorClockText = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1218 Background of non-LCD monitor.
1219 ColorApm = "rgb:00/00/00"
1221 Background of battery monitor, leave empty to force transparency.
1222 ColorApmText = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1224 Text color of battery monitor.
1225 ColorApmBattery = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1227 Color of battery monitor when discharging.
1228 ColorApmLine = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1230 Color of battery monitor when charging.
1231 ColorApmGraphBg = "rgb:00/00/00"
1233 Background color for graph mode.
1234 ColorCPUStatusUser = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1236 User load on the CPU monitor.
1237 ColorCPUStatusSystem = "rgb:FF/00/00"
1239 System load on the CPU monitor.
1240 ColorCPUStatusInterrupts = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1242 Interrupts on the CPU monitor.
1243 ColorCPUStatusIoWait = "rgb:60/00/60"
1245 IO Wait on the CPU monitor.
1246 ColorCPUStatusSoftIrq = "rgb:00/FF/FF"
1248 Soft Interrupts on the CPU monitor.
1249 ColorCPUStatusNice = "rgb:00/00/FF"
1251 Nice load on the CPU monitor.
1252 ColorCPUStatusIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"
1254 Idle (non) load on the CPU monitor, leave empty to force
1255 transparency.
1256 ColorCPUStatusSteal = "rgb:FF/8A/91"
1258 Involuntary Wait on the CPU monitor.
1259 ColorCPUStatusTemp = "rgb:60/60/C0"
1261 Temperature of the CPU.
1262 ColorMEMStatusUser = "rgb:40/40/80"
1264 User program usage in the memory monitor.
1265 ColorMEMStatusBuffers = "rgb:60/60/C0"
1267 OS buffers usage in the memory monitor.
1268 ColorMEMStatusCached = "rgb:80/80/FF"
1270 OS cached usage in the memory monitor.
1271 ColorMEMStatusFree = "rgb:00/00/00"
1273 Free memory in the memory monitor.
1274 ColorNetSend = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1276 Outgoing load on the network monitor.
1277 ColorNetReceive = "rgb:FF/00/FF"
1279 Incoming load on the network monitor.
1280 ColorNetIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"
1282 Idle (non) load on the network monitor, leave empty to force
1283 transparency.
1284 DesktopBackgroundColor=""
1286 Desktop background color(s).
1287 DesktopTransparencyColor=""
1289 Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1290 DESKTOP BACKGROUND
1292 The following preferences are read by icewmbg(1):
1294 DesktopBackgroundCenter=0 0/1
1296 Display desktop background centered and not tiled.
1297 DesktopBackgroundScaled=0 0/1
1299 Resize desktop background to full screen.
1300 DesktopBackgroundColor=""
1302 Desktop background color(s).
1303 DesktopBackgroundImage=""
1305 Desktop background image(s).
1306 SupportSemitransparency=1 0/1
1308 Support for semitransparent terminals like Eterm or gnome-terminal.
1309 DesktopTransparencyColor=""
1311 Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1312 DesktopTransparencyImage=""
1314 Image(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1315 DesktopBackgroundMultihead=0 0/1
1317 Paint the background image over all multihead monitors combined.
1318
1320 Alpha=1
1321 Splash="IceWM.jpg"
1322 LimitSize=0
1323 LimitPosition=0
1324 LimitByDockLayer=1
1325 QuickSwitchToAllWorkspaces=1
1326 QuickSwitchHugeIcon=1
1327 QuickSwitchFillSelection=1
1328 TaskBarMailboxStatusBeepOnNewMail=1
1329 TaskBarMailboxStatusCountMessages=1
1330 TaskBarShowMEMStatus=0
1331 TaskBarShowCollapseButton=1
1332 TaskBarWorkspacesLimit="8"
1333 ShowProgramsMenu=1
1334 ShowAddressBar=0
1335 ToolTipDelay=200
1336 ToolTipTime=5000
1337 AutoHideDelay=900
1338 AutoShowDelay=100
1339 EdgeResistance=3
1340 KeySysWinMenu=""
1341 KeySysWinListMenu="Shift+Ctrl+Esc"
1342 The above example shows how to tell icewm to not bind a specific key:
1344 KeySysWinMenu in this case.
1345
1347 Locations for the preferences file are as follows:
1348 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/preferences
1350 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/preferences
1351 $HOME/.icewm/preferences
1352 /etc/icewm/preferences
1353 /usr/share/icewm/preferences
1354 The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found is
1356 read and the remainder ignored.
1357
1359 icewm(1), icewm-prefoverride(5).
1360
1362 Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.
1363
1365 IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See
1366 the COPYING file in the distribution.
1367icewm 2.9.0 2021-11-24 ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5)