1ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5) Standards, Environments and Macros ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5)
2 NAME
6 icewm-preferences - icewm preferences configuration file
7 SYNOPSIS
9 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/preferences
10 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/preferences
11 $HOME/.icewm/preferences
12 /etc/icewm/preferences
13 /usr/share/icewm/preferences
14 DESCRIPTION
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 FORMAT
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 QuickSwitchPersistence=0
261 Time in seconds to remember the state of Alt+Tab.
262 QuickSwitchRaiseCandidate=0
264 Raise a selected window while Alt+Tabbing in the QuickSwitch.
265 QuickSwitchAllIcons=1
267 Show all reachable icons when quick switching.
268 QuickSwitchTextFirst=0
270 Show the window title above (all reachable) icons.
271 QuickSwitchSmallWindow=0
273 Create a smaller QuickSwitch window of 1/3 screen width.
274 QuickSwitchMaxWidth=0
276 Go trough all window titles and choose width of the longest one.
277 QuickSwitchVertical=1
279 Place the icons and titles vertical instead of horizontal.
280 QuickSwitchHugeIcon=0
282 Show the huge (48x48) of the window icon for the active window.
283 QuickSwitchFillSelection=0
285 Fill the rectangle highlighting the current icon.
286 EDGE SWITCHING
288 EdgeSwitch=0
289 Workspace switches by moving mouse to left/right screen edge.
290 HorizontalEdgeSwitch=0
292 Workspace switches by moving mouse to left/right screen edge.
293 VerticalEdgeSwitch=0
295 Workspace switches by moving mouse to top/bottom screen edge.
296 ContinuousEdgeSwitch=1
298 Workspace switches continuously when moving mouse to screen edge.
299 EdgeResistance=32 [0-10000]
301 Resistance in pixels when trying to move windows off the screen
302 (10000 = infinite).
303 TASK BAR
305 The following preferences affect the icewm(1) task bar:
306 ShowTaskBar=1
308 Show task bar.
309 TaskBarAtTop=0
311 Task bar at top of the screen.
312 TaskBarKeepBelow=0
314 Keep the task bar below regular windows.
315 TaskBarAutoHide=0
317 Auto hide task bar after delay.
318 TaskBarFullscreenAutoShow=1
320 Auto show task bar when fullscreen window active.
321 TaskBarShowClock=1
323 Show clock on task bar.
324 TaskBarShowAPMStatus=0
326 Show battery status monitor on task bar.
327 TaskBarShowAPMAuto=1
329 Enable TaskBarShowAPMStatus if a battery is present.
330 TaskBarShowAPMTime=1
332 Show battery status on task bar in time-format
333 TaskBarShowAPMGraph=1
335 Show battery status in graph mode.
336 TaskBarShowMailboxStatus=1
338 Show mailbox status on task bar.
339 TaskBarMailboxStatusBeepOnNewMail=0
341 Beep when new mail arrives.
342 TaskBarMailboxStatusCountMessages=0
344 Count messages in mailbox.
345 TaskBarShowWorkspaces=1
347 Show workspace switching buttons on task bar.
348 TaskBarShowWindows=1
350 Show windows on the taskbar.
351 TaskBarShowShowDesktopButton=1
353 Show 'show desktop' button on taskbar. If set to 2, it will move
354 the icon to the right side, after the clock.
355 ShowEllipsis=1
357 Show Ellipsis in taskbar items.
358 TaskBarShowTray=1
360 Show windows in the tray.
361 TaskBarEnableSystemTray=1
363 Enable the system tray in the taskbar.
364 TrayShowAllWindows=1
366 Show windows from all workspaces on tray.
367 TaskBarShowTransientWindows=1
369 Show transient (dialogs, ...) windows on task bar.
370 TaskBarShowAllWindows=0
372 Show windows from all workspaces on task bar.
373 TaskBarShowWindowIcons=1
375 Show icons of windows on the task bar.
376 TaskBarShowStartMenu=1
378 Show 'Start' menu on task bar.
379 TaskBarShowWindowListMenu=1
381 Show 'window list' menu on task bar.
382 TaskBarShowCPUStatus=1
384 Show CPU status on task bar (Linux & Solaris).
385 CPUStatusShowRamUsage=1
387 Show RAM usage in CPU status tool tip.
388 CPUStatusShowSwapUsage=1
390 Show swap usage in CPU status tool tip.
391 CPUStatusShowAcpiTemp=1
393 Show ACPI temperature in CPU status tool tip.
394 CPUStatusShowAcpiTempInGraph=0
396 Show ACPI temperature in CPU status bar.
397 CPUStatusShowCpuFreq=1
399 Show CPU frequency in CPU status tool tip.
400 NetStatusShowOnlyRunning=0
402 Show network status only for connected devices, such as an active
403 ethernet link or associated wireless interface. If false, any
404 network interface that has been brought up will be displayed.
405 TaskBarShowMEMStatus=1
407 Show memory usage status on task bar (Linux only).
408 TaskBarShowNetStatus=1
410 Show network status on task bar (Linux only).
411 TaskBarShowCollapseButton=0
413 Show a button to collapse the taskbar.
414 TaskBarDoubleHeight=0
416 Use double-height task bar.
417 TaskBarWorkspacesLeft=1
419 Place workspace pager on left, not right.
420 TaskBarWorkspacesTop=0
422 Place workspace pager on top row when using dual-height taskbar.
423 TaskBarWorkspacesLimit=""
425 Limit the number of taskbar workspaces buttons which are shown on
426 the workspaces pane of the taskbar. If the numeric value has a "p"
427 suffix then the limitation is in pixels. A "%" suffix limits by
428 percentage of desktop width. By default a "B" suffix is assumed for
429 number of buttons.
430 TaskBarUseMouseWheel=1
432 Enable mouse wheel cycling over workspaces and task buttons in
433 taskbar.
434 PagerShowPreview=1
436 Show a mini desktop preview on each workspace button.
437 PagerShowWindowIcons=1
439 Draw window icons inside large enough preview windows on pager (if
440 PagerShowPreview=1).
441 PagerShowMinimized=1
443 Draw even minimized windows as unfilled rectangles (if
444 PagerShowPreview=1).
445 PagerShowBorders=1
447 Draw border around workspace buttons (if PagerShowPreview=1).
448 PagerShowLabels=1
450 Show workspace name label on workspace button (if
451 PagerShowPreview=1)
452 PagerShowNumbers=1
454 Show number of workspace on workspace button (if
455 PagerShowPreview=1).
456 TaskBarLaunchOnSingleClick=1
458 Execute taskbar applet commands (like MailCommand, ClockCommand,
459 ...) on single click.
460 EnableAddressBar=1
462 Enable address bar functionality in taskbar.
463 ShowAddressBar=1
465 Show address bar in task bar.
466 MultiByte=1
468 Overrides automatic multiple byte detection.
469 ConfirmLogout=1
471 Confirm logout.
472 ShapesProtectClientWindow=1
474 Don't cut client windows by shapes set trough frame corner pixmap.
475 DoubleBuffer=1
477 Use double buffering when redrawing the display.
478 XRRDisable=1
480 Disable use of new XRANDR API for dual head (nvidia workaround).
481 PreferFreetypeFonts=1
483 Favour Xft fonts over core X11 fonts where possible.
484 MailBoxPath=""
486 A colon separated list of paths of your mailboxes. If this is
487 empty, $MAILPATH or $MAIL is used instead.
488 Path to a mbox file. Remote mail boxes are accessed by specifying
490 an URL using the Common Internet Scheme Syntax (RFC 1738):
491 `scheme://[user[:password]@]server[:port][/path]`.
493 Supported schemes are "pop3", "imap" and "file". When the scheme
495 is omitted file:// is prepended silently. IMAP subfolders can be
496 accessed by using the path component. Reserved characters like
497 slash ("/"), at ("@") and colon (":") can be specified using escape
498 sequences with a hexadecimal encoding like %2f for the slash or %40
499 for the at sign. For example:
500 file:///var/spool/mail/captnmark
502 pop3://markus:%2f%40%3a@maol.ch/
503 imap://mathias@localhost/INBOX.Maillisten.icewm-user
504 NetworkStatusDevice="eth0 wlan0"
506 Network device for which to show status.
507 TimeFormat="%X"
509 The clock time format. See the strftime manpage for the meaning of
510 all the percent options. It is possible to define multiple clocks
511 for different time zones in a single TimeFormat. A new clock is
512 defined by the beginning of the string, and by each time zone
513 specification which starts with "TZ=...", followed by a space. For
514 example, TimeFormat="%X TZ=Asia/Aden %T TZ=Asia/Baku %T" defines 3
515 clocks.
516 TimeFormatAlt=""
518 Alternate Clock Time format shown every other second.
519 DateFormat="%c"
521 Clock Date format for tooltip (strftime format string).
522 DockApps="right high desktop"
524 Support DockApps (right, left, center, down, high, above, below,
525 desktop, or empty to disable). Control with Ctrl+Mouse.
526 XRRPrimaryScreenName=""
528 Screen/output name of the primary screen.
529 AcpiIgnoreBatteries=""
531 List of battery names (directories) in /proc/acpi/battery to
532 ignore. Useful when more slots are built-in, but only one battery
533 is used.
534 TaskBarCPUSamples=20 [2-1000]
536 The width of the CPU Monitor applet in pixels.
537 TaskBarMEMSamples=20 [2-1000]
539 The width of the Memory Monitor applet in pixels.
540 TaskBarNetSamples=20 [2-1000]
542 The width of the Net Monitor applet in pixels.
543 TaskbarButtonWidthDivisor=3 [1-25]
545 Default number of tasks in taskbar.
546 TaskBarWidthPercentage=100 [0-100]
548 Task bar width as percentage of the screen width.
549 TaskBarJustify="left"
551 Taskbar justify left, right or center.
552 TaskBarApmGraphWidth=10 [1-1000]
554 Width of battery Monitor.
555 XineramaPrimaryScreen=0 [0-63]
557 Primary screen for xinerama (taskbar, ...).
558 KeyboardLayouts=""
560 A comma-separated list of keyboard layouts. A layout may be
561 enclosed in double quotes. Each layout is a name with optional
562 arguments, which is to be parsed by the "setxkbmap" program. To
563 support changing keyboard layouts, the "setxkbmap" program must be
564 installed. The first in the list is the default layout. Programs
565 may have their own keyboard layout defined in the winoptions file.
566 The first two letters of a layout are used to locate an icon image
567 file.
568 MENUS
570 AutoReloadMenus=1
571 Reload menu files automatically.
572 ShowProgramsMenu=0
574 Show programs submenu.
575 ShowSettingsMenu=1
577 Show settings submenu.
578 ShowFocusModeMenu=1
580 Show focus mode submenu.
581 ShowThemesMenu=1
583 Show themes submenu.
584 ShowLogoutMenu=1
586 Show logout menu.
587 ShowHelp=1
589 Show the help menu item.
590 ShowLogoutSubMenu=1
592 Show logout submenu.
593 ShowAbout=1
595 Show the about menu item.
596 ShowRun=1
598 Show the run menu item.
599 ShowWindowList=1
601 Show the window menu item.
602 MenuMaximalWidth=0 [0-16384]
604 Maximal width of popup menus, 2/3 of the screen's width if set to
605 zero.
606 NestedThemeMenuMinNumber=25 [0-1234]
608 Minimal number of themes after which the Themes menu becomes nested
609 (0=disabled).
610 TIMINGS
612 DelayFuzziness=10 (0-100)
613 Delay fuzziness, to allow merging of multiple timer timeouts into
614 one (notebook power saving).
615 ClickMotionDistance=4 [0-32]
617 Pointer motion distance before click gets interpreted as drag.
618 ClickMotionDelay=200 [0-2000]
620 Delay before click gets interpreted as drag.
621 MultiClickTime=400 [0-5000]
623 Multiple click time.
624 MenuActivateDelay=40 [0-5000]
626 Delay before activating menu items.
627 SubmenuMenuActivateDelay=300 [0-5000]
629 Delay before activating menu submenus.
630 ToolTipIcon=1
632 Show an application icon in toolbar and tray tooltips.
633 ToolTipDelay=1000 [0-5000]
635 Delay before tooltip window is displayed.
636 ToolTipTime=0 [0-60000]
638 Time before tooltip window is hidden (0 means never.
639 AutoHideDelay=300 [0-5000]
641 Delay before task bar is hidden.
642 AutoShowDelay=500 [0-5000]
644 Delay before task bar is shown.
645 AutoRaiseDelay=400 [0-5000]
647 Delay before windows are auto raised if "AutoRaise=1".
648 PointerFocusDelay=200 [0-1000]
650 Delay for pointer focus switching.
651 EdgeSwitchDelay=600 [0-5000]
653 Screen edge workspace switching delay.
654 ScrollBarStartDelay=500 [0-5000]
656 Initial scroll bar autoscroll delay.
657 ScrollBarDelay=30 [0-5000]
659 Scroll bar autoscroll delay.
660 AutoScrollStartDelay=500 [0-5000]
662 Auto scroll start delay.
663 AutoScrollDelay=60 [0-5000]
665 Auto scroll delay.
666 WorkspaceStatusTime=2500 [0-2500]
668 Time before workspace status window is hidden.
669 MailCheckDelay=30 [0-86400]
671 Delay between new-mail checks. (seconds).
672 TaskBarCPUDelay=500 [10-3600000]
674 Delay between CPU Monitor samples in ms.
675 TaskBarMEMDelay=500 [10-3600000]
677 Delay between Memory Monitor samples in ms.
678 TaskBarNetDelay=500 [10-3600000]
680 Delay between Net Monitor samples in ms.
681 FocusRequestFlashTime=0 [0-86400]
683 Number of seconds the taskbar app will blink when requesting focus
684 (0 = forever).
685 FocusRequestFlashInterval=250 [0-30000]
687 Taskbar blink interval (ms) when requesting focus (0 = blinking
688 disabled).
689 BatteryPollingPeriod=10 [2-3600]
691 Delay between power status updates (seconds).
692 PingTimeout=3 [0-86400]
694 Timeout in seconds for applications to respond to the _NET_WM_PING
695 protocol.
696 BUTTONS AND KEYS
698 UseRootButtons=255 [0-255]
699 Bitmask of root window button click to use in window manager.
700 ButtonRaiseMask=1 [0-255]
702 Bitmask of buttons that raise the window when pressed.
703 DesktopWinMenuButton=0 [0-20]
705 Desktop mouse-button click to show the window list menu.
706 DesktopWinListButton=2 # [0-20]
708 Desktop mouse-button click to show the window list
709 DesktopMenuButton=3 [0-20]
711 Desktop mouse-button click to show the root menu.
712 TitleBarMaximizeButton=1 [0-5]
714 Title bar mouse-button double click to maximize the window to full
715 screen with the frame border visible. Press Shift to maximize only
716 in the vertical direction. Press Alt+Shift to maximize only in the
717 horizontal direction.
718 TitleBarRollupButton=2 [0-5]
720 Title bar mouse-button double click to rollup the window. Press
721 Shift to maximize in the horizontal direction.
722 WORKSPACES
724 WorkspaceNames=" 1 ", " 2 ", " 3 ", " 4 "
725 Create four workspaces with names 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 .
726 PATHS
728 IconPath="/usr/local/share/icons:/usr/local/share/pixmaps:/usr/share/icons:/usr/share/pixmaps"
729 Icon search path (colon separated). Also, the icons/ subdirectory
730 in IceWM resource folders are searched first.
731 IconThemes="*:-HighContrast"
733 List of icon themes (colon separated), acting as additional filter
734 of icon subdirectories in any of the IconPath folders. Expressions
735 can be wildcards, also special wildcards (starting with -) can
736 exclude matched themes from selection.
737 MailBoxPath=""
739 A colon separated list of paths of your mailboxes. If this is
740 empty, $MAILPATH or $MAIL is used instead.
741 PROGRAMS
743 MailCommand="xterm -name mutt -e mutt"
744 Command to run on mailbox.
745 MailClassHint="mutt.XTerm"
747 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for MailCommand.
748 NewMailCommand=""
750 Command to run when new mail arrives.
751 LockCommand=""
753 Command to lock display/screensaver.
754 ClockCommand="xclock -name icewm -title Clock"
756 Command to run on clock.
757 ClockClassHint="icewm.XClock"
759 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for ClockCommand.
760 RunCommand=""
762 Command to select and run a program.
763 OpenCommand=""
765 Open command.
766 TerminalCommand="xterm"
768 Terminal emulator must accept -e option.
769 LogoutCommand=""
771 Command to start logout.
772 LogoutCancelCommand=""
774 Command to cancel logout.
775 ShutdownCommand="/bin/sh -c "{ test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl
777 poweroff; } ||:""
778 Command to shutdown the system.
779 RebootCommand="/bin/sh -c "{ test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl
781 reboot; } ||:""
782 Command to reboot the system.
783 SuspendCommand="test -e /run/systemd/system && systemctl suspend"
785 Command to send the system to standby mode
786 CPUStatusCommand="xterm -name top -title Process\ Status -e top"
788 Command to run on CPU status.
789 CPUStatusClassHint="top.XTerm"
791 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for CPUStatusCommand.
792 CPUStatusCombine=1 0/1
794 Combine all CPUs to one.
795 NetStatusCommand="xterm -name netstat -title 'Network Status' -e
797 netstat -c"
798 Command to run on Net status.
799 NetStatusClassHint="netstat.XTerm"
801 WM_CLASS to allow runonce for NetStatusCommand.
802 AddressBarCommand=""
804 Command to run for address bar entries.
805 WINDOW MENUS
807 WinMenuItems="rmsnxfhualytiecw"
808 Items supported in menu window (rmsnxfhualytieckw)
809 RolloverButtonsSupported=0
811 Does it support the 'O' title bar button images (for mouse
812 rollover).
813 ShowMenuButtonIcon=1 # 0/1
815 Show application icon over menu button
816 THEME SETTINGS
818 The following sections show settings that can be set in theme files.
819 They can also be set in the preferences file, but themes will override
820 the values set there. To override the theme values, the settings
821 should be set in prefoverrides file: see icewm-prefoverrides(5).
822 Default values are shown following the equal sign.
823 THEME DESCRIPTION
825 ThemeAuthor=""
827 Theme author, e-mail address, credits.
828 ThemeDescription=""
830 Description of the theme, credits.
831 Look="nice"
833 Choose a theme look from one of: "win95", "motif", "warp3",
834 "warp4", "nice", "metal2", "gtk2", and some others.
835 Gradients=""
837 List of gradient pixmaps in the current theme.
838 THEME BORDERS, ICONS, MARGINS AND BUTTONS
840 BorderSizeX=6 [0-128]
842 Horizontal window border.
843 BorderSizeY=6 [0-128]
845 Vertical window border.
846 DlgBorderSizeX=2 [0-128]
848 Horizontal dialog window border.
849 DlgBorderSizeY=2 [0-128]
851 Vertical dialog window border.
852 CornerSizeX=24 [0-64]
854 Resize corner width.
855 CornerSizeY=24 [0-64]
857 Resize corner height.
858 TitleBarHeight=20 [0-128]
860 Title bar height.
861 TitleBarJustify=0 [0-100]
863 Justification of the window title.
864 TitleBarHorzOffset=0 [-128-128]
866 Horizontal offset for the window title text.
867 TitleBarVertOffset=0 [-128-128]
869 Vertical offset for the window title text.
870 MenuButtonIconVertOffset=0 [-128-128]
872 Vertical offset for the menu button icon.
873 ScrollBarX=16 [0-64]
875 Scrollbar width.
876 ScrollBarY=16 [0-64]
878 Scrollbar (button) height.
879 MenuIconSize=16 [8-128]
881 Menu icon size.
882 SmallIconSize=16 [8-128]
884 Dimension of the small icons.
885 LargeIconSize=32 [8-128]
887 Dimension of the large icons.
888 HugeIconSize=48 [8-128]
890 Dimension of the large icons.
891 QuickSwitchHorzMargin=3 [0-64]
893 Horizontal margin of the quickswitch window.
894 QuickSwitchVertMargin=3 [0-64]
896 Vertical margin of the quickswitch window.
897 QuickSwitchIconMargin=4 [0-64]
899 Vertical margin in the quickswitch window.
900 QuickSwitchIconBorder=2 [0-64]
902 Distance between the active icon and it's border.
903 QuickSwitchSeparatorSize=6 [0-64]
905 Height of the separator between (all reachable) icons and text, 0
906 to avoid it.
907 TitleButtonsLeft="s"
909 Titlebar buttons from left to right (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide,
910 r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).
911 TitleButtonsRight="xmir"
913 Titlebar buttons from right to left (x=close, m=max, i=min, h=hide,
914 r=rollup, s=sysmenu, d=depth).
915 TitleButtonsSupported="xmis"
917 Titlebar buttons supported by theme (x,m,i,r,h,s,d).
918 TitleBarCentered=0 # 0/1
920 Draw window title centered (obsoleted by TitleBarJustify).
921 TitleBarJoinLeft=0 # 0/1
923 Join title*S and title*T.
924 TitleBarJoinRight=0 # 0/1
926 Join title*T and title*B.
927 TaskBarClockLeds=0 # 0/1
929 Task bar clock/battery monitor uses nice pixmap LCD display (but
930 then it doesn't display correctly in many languages anymore, e.g.,
931 for Japanese and Korean it works only when a real font is used and
932 not the LCD pixmaps.
933 TaskBarGraphHeight=20 [16-1000]
935 Height of taskbar monitoring applets.
936 TaskbuttonIconOffset=0 # [0-16]
938 Width of taskbutton side icons.
939 TrayIconMaxWidth=32 # [16-128]
941 Maximum scaled width of tray icons.
942 TrayIconMaxHeight=24 # [16-128]
944 Maximum scaled height of tray icons.
945 TrayDrawBevel=0 # 0/1
947 Surround the tray with plastic border.
948 THEME FONTS
950 TitleFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
952 TitleFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
953 Name of the title bar font.
954 MenuFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
956 MenuFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=10:bold"
957 Name of the menu font.
958 StatusFontName="-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
960 StatusFontNameXft="monospace:size=12:bold"
961 Name of the status display font.
962 QuickSwitchFontName="-*-monospace-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
964 QuickSwitchFontNameXft="monospace:size=12:bold"
965 Name of the font for Alt+Tab switcher window.
966 NormalButtonFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
968 NormalButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
969 Name of the normal button font.
970 ActiveButtonFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
972 ActiveButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"
973 Name of the active button font.
974 NormalTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
976 NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
977 Name of the normal task bar item font.
978 ActiveTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
980 ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12:bold"
981 Name of the active task bar item font.
982 ToolButtonFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
984 ToolButtonFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
985 Name of the tool button font (fallback: NormalButtonFontName).
986 NormalWorkspaceFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
988 NormalWorkspaceFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
989 Name of the normal workspace button font (fallback:
990 NormalButtonFontName).
991 ActiveWorkspaceFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
993 ActiveWorkspaceFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
994 Name of the active workspace button font (fallback:
995 ActiveButtonFontName).
996 MinimizedWindowFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
998 MinimizedWindowFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
999 Name of the mini-window font.
1000 ListBoxFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1002 ListBoxFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
1003 Name of the window list font.
1004 ToolTipFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1006 ToolTipFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
1007 Name of the tool tip font.
1008 ClockFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1010 ClockFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1011 Name of the task bar clock font.
1012 TempFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1014 TempFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1015 Name of the task bar temperature font.
1016 ApmFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1018 ApmFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1019 Name of the task bar battery font.
1020 InputFontName="-*-monospace-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1022 InputFontNameXft="monospace:size=12"
1023 Name of the input field font.
1024 LabelFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
1026 LabelFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"
1027 Name of the label font.
1028 THEME COLORS
1030 ColorDialog = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1032 Background of dialog windows.
1033 ColorNormalBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1035 Border of inactive windows.
1036 ColorActiveBorder = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1038 Border of active windows.
1039 ColorNormalButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1041 Background of regular buttons.
1042 ColorNormalButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1044 Text color of regular buttons.
1045 ColorActiveButton = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1047 Background of pressed buttons.
1048 ColorActiveButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1050 Text color of pressed buttons.
1051 ColorNormalTitleButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1053 Background of titlebar buttons.
1054 ColorNormalTitleButtonText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1056 Text color of titlebar buttons.
1057 ColorToolButton = ""
1059 Background of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if empty.
1060 ColorToolButtonText = ""
1062 Text color of toolbar buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if
1063 empty.
1064 ColorNormalWorkspaceButton = ""
1066 Background of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButton is used if
1067 empty.
1068 ColorNormalWorkspaceButtonText = ""
1070 Text color of workspace buttons, ColorNormalButtonText is used if
1071 empty.
1072 ColorActiveWorkspaceButton = ""
1074 Background of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButton is
1075 used if empty.
1076 ColorActiveWorkspaceButtonText = ""
1078 Text color of the active workspace button, ColorActiveButtonText is
1079 used if empty.
1080 ColorNormalTitleBar = "rgb:80/80/80"
1082 Background of the titlebar of regular windows.
1083 ColorNormalTitleBarText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1085 Text color of the titlebar of regular windows.
1086 ColorNormalTitleBarShadow = ""
1088 Text shadow of the titlebar of regular windows.
1089 ColorActiveTitleBar = "rgb:00/00/A0"
1091 Background of the titlebar of active windows.
1092 ColorActiveTitleBarText = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"
1094 Text color of the titlebar of active windows.
1095 ColorActiveTitleBarShadow = ""
1097 Text shadow of the titlebar of active windows.
1098 ColorNormalMinimizedWindow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1100 Background for mini icons of regular windows.
1101 ColorNormalMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1103 Text color for mini icons of regular windows.
1104 ColorActiveMinimizedWindow = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1106 Background for mini icons of active windows.
1107 ColorActiveMinimizedWindowText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1109 Text color for mini icons of active windows.
1110 ColorNormalMenu = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1112 Background of pop-up menus.
1113 ColorNormalMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1115 Text color of regular menu items.
1116 ColorActiveMenuItem = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1118 Background of selected menu item, leave empty to force
1119 transparency.
1120 ColorActiveMenuItemText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1122 Text color of selected menu items.
1123 ColorDisabledMenuItemText = "rgb:80/80/80"
1125 Text color of disabled menu items.
1126 ColorDisabledMenuItemShadow = ""
1128 Shadow of regular menu items.
1129 ColorMoveSizeStatus = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1131 Background of move/resize status window.
1132 ColorMoveSizeStatusText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1134 Text color of move/resize status window.
1135 ColorQuickSwitch = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1137 Background of the quick switch window.
1138 ColorQuickSwitchText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1140 Text color in the quick switch window.
1141 ColorQuickSwitchActive = ""
1143 Rectangle around the active icon in the quick switch window.
1144 ColorDefaultTaskBar = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1146 Background of the taskbar.
1147 ColorNormalTaskBarApp = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1149 Background for task buttons of regular windows.
1150 ColorNormalTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1152 Text color for task buttons of regular windows.
1153 ColorActiveTaskBarApp = "rgb:E0/E0/E0"
1155 Background for task buttons of the active window.
1156 ColorActiveTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1158 Text color for task buttons of the active window.
1159 ColorMinimizedTaskBarApp = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1161 Background for task buttons of minimized windows.
1162 ColorMinimizedTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1164 Text color for task buttons of minimized windows.
1165 ColorInvisibleTaskBarApp = "rgb:80/80/80"
1167 Background for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.
1168 ColorInvisibleTaskBarAppText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1170 Text color for task buttons of windows on other workspaces.
1171 ColorScrollBar = "rgb:A0/A0/A0"
1173 Scrollbar background (sliding area).
1174 ColorScrollBarSlider = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1176 Background of the slider button in scrollbars.
1177 ColorScrollBarButton = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1179 Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars.
1180 ColorScrollBarArrow = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1182 Background of the arrow buttons in scrollbars (obsolete).
1183 ColorScrollBarButtonArrow = "rgb:00/00/00"
1185 Color of active arrows on scrollbar buttons.
1186 ColorScrollBarInactiveArrow = "rgb:80/80/80"
1188 Color of inactive arrows on scrollbar buttons.
1189 ColorListBox = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1191 Background of listboxes.
1192 ColorListBoxText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1194 Text color in listboxes.
1195 ColorListBoxSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"
1197 Background of selected listbox items.
1198 ColorListBoxSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1200 Text color of selected listbox items.
1201 ColorToolTip = "rgb:E0/E0/00"
1203 Background of tooltips.
1204 ColorToolTipText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1206 Text color of tooltips.
1207 ColorLabel = "rgb:C0/C0/C0"
1209 Background of labels, leave empty to force transparency.
1210 ColorLabelText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1212 Text color of labels.
1213 ColorInput = "rgb:FF/FF/FF"
1215 Background of text entry fields (e.g., the addressbar).
1216 ColorInputText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1218 Text color of text entry fields (e.g., the addressbar).
1219 ColorInputSelection = "rgb:80/80/80"
1221 Background of selected text in an entry field.
1222 ColorInputSelectionText = "rgb:00/00/00"
1224 Selected text in an entry field.
1225 ColorClock = "rgb:00/00/00"
1227 Background of non-LCD clock, leave empty to force transparency.
1228 ColorClockText = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1230 Text color of non-LCD clock.
1231 ColorKeyboardLayoutText = ""
1233 Color of keyboard layout indicator.
1234 ColorApm = "rgb:00/00/00"
1236 Background of battery monitor, leave empty to force transparency.
1237 ColorApmText = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1239 Text color of battery monitor.
1240 ColorApmBattery = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1242 Color of battery monitor when discharging.
1243 ColorApmLine = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1245 Color of battery monitor when charging.
1246 ColorApmGraphBg = "rgb:00/00/00"
1248 Background color for graph mode.
1249 ColorCPUStatusUser = "rgb:00/FF/00"
1251 User load on the CPU monitor.
1252 ColorCPUStatusSystem = "rgb:FF/00/00"
1254 System load on the CPU monitor.
1255 ColorCPUStatusInterrupts = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1257 Interrupts on the CPU monitor.
1258 ColorCPUStatusIoWait = "rgb:60/00/60"
1260 IO Wait on the CPU monitor.
1261 ColorCPUStatusSoftIrq = "rgb:00/FF/FF"
1263 Soft Interrupts on the CPU monitor.
1264 ColorCPUStatusNice = "rgb:00/00/FF"
1266 Nice load on the CPU monitor.
1267 ColorCPUStatusIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"
1269 Idle (non) load on the CPU monitor, leave empty to force
1270 transparency.
1271 ColorCPUStatusSteal = "rgb:FF/8A/91"
1273 Involuntary Wait on the CPU monitor.
1274 ColorCPUStatusTemp = "rgb:60/60/C0"
1276 Temperature of the CPU.
1277 ColorMEMStatusUser = "rgb:40/40/80"
1279 User program usage in the memory monitor.
1280 ColorMEMStatusBuffers = "rgb:60/60/C0"
1282 OS buffers usage in the memory monitor.
1283 ColorMEMStatusCached = "rgb:80/80/FF"
1285 OS cached usage in the memory monitor.
1286 ColorMEMStatusFree = "rgb:00/00/00"
1288 Free memory in the memory monitor.
1289 ColorNetSend = "rgb:FF/FF/00"
1291 Outgoing load on the network monitor.
1292 ColorNetReceive = "rgb:FF/00/FF"
1294 Incoming load on the network monitor.
1295 ColorNetIdle = "rgb:00/00/00"
1297 Idle (non) load on the network monitor, leave empty to force
1298 transparency.
1299 DesktopBackgroundColor=""
1301 Desktop background color(s).
1302 DesktopTransparencyColor=""
1304 Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1305 DESKTOP BACKGROUND
1307 The following preferences are read by icewmbg(1):
1309 DesktopBackgroundCenter=0 0/1
1311 Display desktop background centered and not tiled.
1312 DesktopBackgroundScaled=0 0/1
1314 Resize desktop background to full screen.
1315 DesktopBackgroundColor=""
1317 Desktop background color(s).
1318 DesktopBackgroundImage=""
1320 Desktop background image(s).
1321 ShuffleBackgroundImages=0 0/1
1323 Choose a random selection from the list of background images.
1324 SupportSemitransparency=1 0/1
1326 Support for semitransparent terminals like Eterm or gnome-terminal.
1327 DesktopTransparencyColor=""
1329 Color(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1330 DesktopTransparencyImage=""
1332 Image(s) to announce for semitransparent windows.
1333 DesktopBackgroundMultihead=0 0/1
1335 Paint the background image over all multihead monitors combined.
1336 CycleBackgroundsPeriod=0
1338 Seconds between cycling over all background images, default zero is
1339 off.
1340 EXAMPLES
1342 Alpha=1
1343 Splash="IceWM.jpg"
1344 LimitSize=0
1345 LimitPosition=0
1346 LimitByDockLayer=1
1347 QuickSwitchToAllWorkspaces=1
1348 QuickSwitchHugeIcon=1
1349 QuickSwitchFillSelection=1
1350 TaskBarMailboxStatusBeepOnNewMail=1
1351 TaskBarMailboxStatusCountMessages=1
1352 TaskBarShowMEMStatus=0
1353 TaskBarShowCollapseButton=1
1354 TaskBarWorkspacesLimit="8"
1355 ShowProgramsMenu=1
1356 ShowAddressBar=0
1357 ToolTipDelay=200
1358 ToolTipTime=5000
1359 AutoHideDelay=900
1360 AutoShowDelay=100
1361 EdgeResistance=3
1362 KeySysWinMenu=""
1363 KeySysWinListMenu="Shift+Ctrl+Esc"
1364 The above example shows how to tell icewm to not bind a specific key:
1366 KeySysWinMenu in this case.
1367 FILES
1369 Locations for the preferences file are as follows:
1370 $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/preferences
1372 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/preferences
1373 $HOME/.icewm/preferences
1374 /etc/icewm/preferences
1375 /usr/share/icewm/preferences
1376 The locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found is
1378 read and the remainder ignored.
1379 SEE ALSO
1381 icewm(1), icewm-prefoverride(5).
1382 AUTHOR
1384 Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.
1385 LICENSE
1387 IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See
1388 the COPYING file in the distribution.
1389icewm 3.3.1 2023-01-24 ICEWM-PREFERENCES(5)