[openbox] xfishtank

Jim Rees rees at umich.edu
Wed Nov 16 17:41:11 EST 2011


Dana Jansens wrote:

  On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Jim Rees <rees at umich.edu> wrote:
  >
  > Dana Jansens wrote:
  >
  >  Sorry, one thought, since this works for desktop windows with icons etc.
  >   You could change the window's type to DESKTOP rather than NORMAL, and then
  >  any "Desktop" context mouse bindings will work there - to open a menu etc.
  >
  > That sounds like the right thing.  How do I do that?
  
  Depends on the toolkit the application is written in.
  
  http://www.google.com/search?q=set+window+type+net_wm_window_type_desktop

It doesn't use a toolkit.  I tried setting the window type with
XChangeProperty but it didn't help.  But now I know what I'm looking for, so
I think I can track this down.  Thanks again for your help.


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