Help with IceWM – Open Windows Centered?

[Member rej]

By default, windows open top left of desktop. Would like centered and smart placement following, if possible.

Looked in user/share/icewm/pref and etc/slim.conf, and could not find the option. Also searched online.

Help/Icewm/Icewm manual is “Coming soon”.

Is there another way?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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From
man icewm
in terminal I get

WINDOW PLACEMENT
       A  second  important task of a window manager is to place new windows on the screen.  By default IceWM chooses a placement with minimal overlap, but this is
       determined by the SmartPlacement option in the preferences file.  If SmartPlacement is turned off then windows are placed in sequence from left to right and
       top  to  bottom.   One can also turn on ManualPlacement.  Then new windows appear initially in the top left corner and the mouse cursor changes into a fist.
       By moving the fist cursor to a suitable location and clicking the new window will appear at the mouse click location.

Good Luck.

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[Member rej]

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Hi rokytnji

Thanks for the tip – nice to be able to access that information through terminal.

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