Do these window border features exist?

[theLured]

I want to control my windows without the normal buttons like close minimize and maximise.
I have a clean lucid install.

I want to use my mouse buttons to control the windows.
On the title bar
Middle click: close(i already use this with cairo-dock. It's great.)
Scroll up: restore/maximize
Scroll down: minimize
Double left click: make always on top
Double right click: make sticky

I'm probably asking for something that doesn't exist. I thought of it whilst reading about Esfera and someone said it should turn the whole title bar into a control area.

[sanderd17]

I don't think this exists. But there exist mouse gestures for linux. see http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/enable-mouse-gestures-linux-easystroke/ Or anotherone: gestikk but I don't know if it's still active.

Maybe you can contact a developer to ask if this would be possible or if it exists. I think I wouldn't use this type of gestures but I wouldn't use Esfera to.

[stinkeye]

Easystroke is good.
You can also use easystroke to map mouse buttons to any command or keyboard shortcut.

[zlatkart]

with openbox you can have all of this (I think)

[theLured]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am now using easystrokes because I don't have to go all the way to the top of the window to do the action. Plus it's easier.

Here's how I set it up. I also installed wmctrl as it helps with setting windows to "always on top" and "on all workspaces"

1. install easystroke and wmctrl
2. load it up and click on the icon in the system tray

3. Click add action and set them like this

To add the stroke click "record stroke" after entering the details

Stroke Name Type Details
Down Minimize Key Alt+F9
Up Maximize/Restore Key Alt+F10
Diagonal Up Close Key Alt+F4
Diagonal Up Close Key Alt+F4
Diagonal Down Close Key Alt+F4
Diagonal Down Close Key Alt+F4

You will need to install wmctrl for these 2 commands.
Sticky means to show on all of the workspaces.
Circle or curve Sticky Command wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,sticky
Up curve Above all Command wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,above


These next steps are for audacious the audio player. Might be useful if you want gestures for only 1 program.

4. Click Add group. Name the group Audacious
5. Click add application and then selected the player.
6 .Click application again and selected the playlist.
7. Click on the Audacious group that you made. This will make sure it add's the gesture to both the player and playlist.

8. add these commands.

Stroke Name Type Details
Line to the left Previous Command audtool2 playlist-reverse
Line to the right Next Command audtool2 playlist-advance


Once again. Thanks for the suggestions. Linux rules.

[stinkeye]

Here's how I set it up. I also installed wmctrl as it helps with setting windows to "always on top" and "on all workspaces"

Seeing as you installed wmctrl, you might like this command.

wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,400,250,800,500

From man wmctrl

A move and resize argument has the format
'g,x,y,w,h'. All five components are integers.
The first value, g, is the gravity of the
window, with 0 being the most common value (the
default value for the window). Please see the
EWMH specification for other values.

The four remaining values are a standard
geometry specification: x,y is the position of
the top left corner of the window, and w,h is
the width and height of the window, with the
exception that the value of -1 in any position
is interpreted to mean that the current geometry
value should not be modified.


I use this a lot because I only like a fullscreen window when web browsing.It resizes and centres the window to my 1680x1050 screen.

[theLured]

Thanks. That was really helpful. I don't use windows in the center of the screen much.
I do use them at the four corners though, so I've changed it to


# top left
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,800,500
# bottom left
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,550,800,500
# top right
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,880,0,800,500
# bottom right
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,880,550,800,500

My gestures are a line up and to the right, means top right. A line going down and to the left, is for the bottom left.
And a circle for center.