[openbox] Opening maximized

Mikael Magnusson mangosoft at comhem.se
Wed Aug 25 21:51:36 EDT 2004


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, ivanova wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:26:40 +0200 (CEST)
> Mikael Magnusson <mangosoft at comhem.se> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, ivanova wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:48:10 -0400
>>> Matthew Graybosch <mgraybosch at starbreaker.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23:07 Sun 22 Aug     , ivanova wrote:
>>>>> How do I start an application to be maximized? Can other windows
>>> properties>> like layer on top be specified?
>>>>
>>>> I suggest reading up on Devil's Pie.
>>>
>>> Thanks - It solved most of my problems, but I have a few left ;)
>>>
>>> I am trying to start feh (image viewer) to be above all other windows and
>>> toolbars/docks. I used devilspie to start it with always on top, but how do
>>> I make it go above toolbars/docks? I also tried to set the wintype to 'DOCK'
>>> and'TOOLBAR' without success.
>>
>> You can't. I am assuming you want to maximize feh so you see the images
>> fullscreen, for this you want _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN, i don't know if
>> devilspie can set that for you?
>
> No, I do not want it to go fullscreen, just to go over the docks and toolbars ;)

The netwm spec says docks go over everything. I personally don't like this 
so i changed my local tree a bit.

--
Mikael Magnusson



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