[SOLVED] Using wingrid shortcuts on desktop shows abnormality. 19.2.1_base

[Member betman]

Hello!
Using the wingrid keys Ctrl+1 through 0 on number row on desktop screen applies corresponding effects on desktop. Screenshots link added for clarification.
Usual screen.jpg
Ctrl+2 wingrid-right.jpg
Ctrl+4 wingrid-bottom.jpg
Ctrl+6 wingrid-topright.jpg
Ctrl+7 wingrid-bottomleft.jpg
Ctrl+8 wingrid-bottomright.jpg

Whereas Ctrl+1,3,5,9,0 have no effects.
Ctrl+1 — wingrid-left
Ctrl+3 — wingrid-top
Ctrl+5 — wingrid-topleft
Ctrl+9 — wingrid-maximize
Ctrl+0 — wingrid-close
Pressing the above combinations on desktop screen has no effect.

OS: antiX 19.2.1_base
WM: IceWM with spacefm

• This topic was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by betman.
• This topic was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by betman.
• This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by betman. Reason: marked as solved

[Moderator BobC]

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WinGrid takes the open, active window, resizes it to half screen or quarter screen size, and then moves it where you want it.

I don’t see what is the active window that you want to resize and move (or act on).

Open a terminal, make it your active window, and try ALL of the wingrid keys 🙂

PS: I think you are running SpaceFM as your desktop (see the desktop icons there of files/folders in the desktop), so that is the “active window” that WinGrid is moving around and resizing, etc for you, leaving the background appearing on the rest of the screen.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by BobC.

[Member betman]

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Exactly! Desktop is becoming the “active window”, which shouldn’t be happening. WinGrid must leave the desktop alone. Is there a way to do it?

[Moderator BobC]

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Ok, to fix that switch the desktop to IceWM or min-icewm so that spacefm doesn’t create a window there.

If you go to control centre, desktop, preferred applications, you can change the default file manager to spacefm.

Then , spacefm runs when you ask it to.

You can still easily run things in the desktop folder and run them from the desktop, desktop folder option, and the benefit is you will save 40 or 50 mb of memory as well when you aren’t using spacefm.

[Member betman]

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That works. Thanks @BobC.

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