Fluxbox task bar

Marshall · n00b Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 9 Location: Wellington, NZ

I haev STFW and RTFM but to no avail so hopefully someone here can help me.

In Fluxbox is there a way to get the 'taskbar' to have show all the apps you have open at one particular time with each one taking up a equal amount of space ala windows task bar? At the moment whatever has focus on the desktop takes up the whole task bar and you have to switch by alt+tab, the arrows or by the middle click menu.

Thanks

DMK · n00b Joined: 17 Sep 2002 Posts: 34 Location: Germany BW

im new to fluxbox too, but i dont think there is something like a taskbar...
(perhaps you could start the kde-taskbar)
but you can drag the tabs into groups with your middlemousebutton.. (click with center-mousebutton on the tab and drag it onto another tab)

then you have there a tab-group which is very useful...

DMK
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timmfin · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 4:59 pm Post subject:

I am relitively new to fluxbox as well, but I'm pretty sure that functionality is not built into fluxbox. I'm thinking about messing with the code and adding a few things like that. When/If I get around to it I'll post a patch.

Did you know that if you minimize the windows they appear in the taskbar as you describe? I just wish they were all automatically done that way. It just makes it easier to get the overlapped windows.

timmfin

KiTaSuMbA · Guru Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 430 Location: Naples Italy

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire *box wm collection behaves as you describe (i.e. NOT ala windows). Now, it's only a personal opinion, but I was always annoyed by the non-functionality of the windows taskbar (I tend to load tons of windows so that the respective fields end up so small you can't read the name).
As a matter of fact, I think the *boxes provide a much better method to "jump to" a desired app: Click the middle-button in a free desktop area; the "workspaces" menu pops-up and there you can view all apps for every workspace plus the iconified ones. Along with the bbkeys sequencies to move around in my desktop, I rarely even notice the toolbar at all (mostly just when I have to take a look at the time...).
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timmfin · Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2002 11:16 pm Post subject:

Interesting thought, I'll try using the middle mouse menu for a while and see if I like that better.

masseya · Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2002 2:14 am Post subject:

There is a configurable toolbar in planning for fluxbox. You can get more details on their website. I don't particularly like most toolbars, but if it could be properly configured it might be able to serve the purpose you are talking about. Although, this is just speculation.

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