Default Shortcuts for moving windows

[Member lowspex]

Hi!

How do I change default keys for moving windows?
Right now it is Alt+Left Click, which conflicts with a game that I like to play. I would like to change it to Alt+Right Click.

I checked the Control Centre -> Edit IceWM Settings, but doing a Ctrl+F does not find anything that I can work out to be the right setting.

Thanks in advance!

antix 17.4.1 @ Dell Inspiron 3000 11.6".

[Moderator BobC]

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Try Alt+Space or WinArrange from preferences

Look for the WinGrid keys from the keys file

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by BobC. Reason: saw you are running 17.4.1

[Moderator BobC]

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antiX 17.4.1 by default came with IceWM 1.4.2.

I would say since you are pretty new anyway, just stay with it for now until antiX 19 is released, and it will come with IceWM version 1.5.5 which has a full preferences file.

You do know that you can just grab the title bar with the mouse and drag the window someplace else?

There are many ways to move and resize windows…

[Member lowspex]

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BobC wrote:

Try Alt+Space or WinArrange from preferences

Look for the WinGrid keys from the keys file

Here is my WinArrange parameters in preferences –

KeyWinArrangeN="Ctrl+Alt+KP_8"
KeyWinArrangeNE="Ctrl+Alt+KP_9"
KeyWinArrangeE="Ctrl+Alt+KP_6"
KeyWinArrangeSE="Ctrl+Alt+KP_3"
KeyWinArrangeS="Ctrl+Alt+KP_2"
KeyWinArrangeSW="Ctrl+Alt+KP_1"
KeyWinArrangeW="Ctrl+Alt+KP_4"
KeyWinArrangeNW="Ctrl+Alt+KP_7"
KeyWinArrangeC="Ctrl+Alt+KP_5"

And WinGrid from keys –

# Wingrid 
key "Ctrl+1" wingrid-left.sh
key "Ctrl+2" wingrid-right.sh
key "Ctrl+3" wingrid-top.sh
key "Ctrl+4" wingrid-bottom.sh
key "Ctrl+5" wingrid-topleft.sh
key "Ctrl+6" wingrid-topright.sh
key "Ctrl+7" wingrid-bottomleft.sh
key "Ctrl+8" wingrid-bottomright.sh
key "Ctrl+9" wingrid-maximize.sh
key "Ctrl+0" wingrid-close.sh

I am assuming KP1-9 are the numpad keys?

antix 17.4.1 @ Dell Inspiron 3000 11.6".

[Member lowspex]

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BobC wrote:

antiX 17.4.1 by default came with IceWM 1.4.2.

I would say since you are pretty new anyway, just stay with it for now until antiX 19 is released, and it will come with IceWM version 1.5.5 which has a full preferences file.

You do know that you can just grab the title bar with the mouse and drag the window someplace else?

There are many ways to move and resize windows…

I fired up antix 19 in a VM and did the same search process, and found the following in preferences –

#  Mouse binding for window move
# MouseWinMove="Alt+Pointer_Button1"

Could I copy and paste that into my antix 17 preferences file, changing it to say, Alt+Pointer_Button3?

antix 17.4.1 @ Dell Inspiron 3000 11.6".

[Member Xecure]

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lowspex wrote:

Could I copy and paste that into my antix 17 preferences file, changing it to say, Alt+Pointer_Button3?

It seems that should work.
This guy had your same problem and solved it this way:
https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/issues/304#issuecomment-427339494

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[Moderator BobC]

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That’s not fair, LOL.

Lowspek, you said you knew nothing, ie a newbie, and therefore the best bet is to suggest only simple changes, and very few of them, and only if necessary

I wasn’t aware on the mousewin preference options and I didn’t see them in the IceWM help, man pages or website. Of course, I have never needed or wanted to try changing it before, either.

Anyway, if you aren’t a newbie, why don’t you install the newest version of IceWM like anticapitalista suggested a while back. I think he gave instructions for it because I followed them at the time.

PS: Too bad you don’t have a numeric keypad. On my laptops that don’t have them, I use an external keyboard if I’m doing a lot of keyboard work. I have my numeric keypad setup for moving and resizing windows very efficiently.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by BobC.

[Moderator BobC]

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Here is a link to that post…

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/latest-icewm-in-antix-stretch-dev-repo/

[Member lowspex]

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Thanks BobC & Xecure, that did the trick and I have it working nicely now.

I have been poking around with antix19 and its version of IceWM in a VM. It looks nice! I am excited about where this WM is going and not missing a DE at all so far.

antix 17.4.1 @ Dell Inspiron 3000 11.6".

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