[openbox] openbox Digest, Vol 79, Issue 12

[Johannes Schaffrath]

Hi Ranjan,

to move wbar you can use the position parameter (see [1]) like
~$wbar --pos left

[1] 
http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wbar&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Debian+8+jessie&format=html&locale=en

Mit freundlichem Gruß
Johannes Schaffrath

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> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:58:17 -0500
> From: Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com>
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> Subject: Re: [openbox] multiple docks possible?
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> On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:04:48 +0300 TT <turkuting at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it possible to have multiple docks in openbox?
>>>>>
>>>> No, sorry.
>>> I don't want to go the multiple panels route because I feel that the openbox dock structure is much simpler than handling panels (certainly takes fewer amounts of resources).
>> in your original post, you gave plank or wbar as an example.
>> those apps run as docks anyway, it's not necessary to use openbox' dock
>> for that.
>> then you still can dock something else into openbox' own dock.
>> so, for example: wbar on the left, openbox' dock with conky & systray on
>> the right.
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> Thank you for this suggestion! I was not aware that wbar (or plank) run as docks anyway. I tried running wbar and I got it to open at the bottom of the screen. How do I move it to say the left center (say). Similar question with plank.
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> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
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