[TIP] Fluxbox menu in a fixed location, not on the pointer

[Member zblsv]

If you use keyboard to run apps from Fluxbox Root Menu then may be you prefer it appears in fixed location, not on the mouse pointer.
If so, you can simply use xdotool to automatically move mouse and then press ALT-R.

Somewhat a like:
xdotool mousemove 590 150
xdotool key alt+r

Add something appropriate to ~/.fluxbox/keys
Mod1 r :RootMenu
Mod1 w :ExecCommand xdotool mousemove 590 150 && xdotool key alt+r

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[Member PPC]

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Good idea… I used a similar one, a while back, to open fluxbox menu from tint2 toolbar… I made the script so it re-positions the mouse pointer right where it was before summoning the menu. Which is nice, since people don-t usually like the mouse jumping around the screen.
You can add that part to your code, if you find it useful.

#!/bin/bash
#Get panel size from ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc
panel_size=$(grep -hr "panel_size" ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc)
toolbar_height=$(echo $panel_size | grep -o "%.*"|cut -c3-)
toolbar_position=$(egrep "^panel_position =" ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc | cut -d'=' -f2)
toolbar_position_top_botom=$(echo $toolbar_position| cut -d' ' -f1)
echo $toolbar_position_top_botom
#select the right menu_height and the fluxbox menu will always come up right above the toolbar, just touching it, and not overlapting, adjusting to the panel's size

if [ $toolbar_position_top_botom == "bottom" ] 
then
Yaxis=$(xrandr --current | grep '*' | uniq | awk '{print $1}' | cut -d 'x' -f2) && menu_height=534 && offset=$(($menu_height+$toolbar_height)) && correct_y_position_for_mouse_click=$(($Yaxis-$offset)) && eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell) && xdotool mousemove 0 $correct_y_position_for_mouse_click && fluxbox-remote rootmenu && xdotool mousemove $X $Y
fi

if [ $toolbar_position_top_botom == "top" ] 
then
Yaxis=$(xrandr --current | grep '*' | uniq | awk '{print $1}' | cut -d 'x' -f2) 
menu_height=610 
offset=$(($menu_height+$toolbar_height)) 
correct_y_position_for_mouse_click=$((6+$toolbar_height)) 
eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell) 
xdotool mousemove 0 $correct_y_position_for_mouse_click && fluxbox-remote rootmenu && xdotool mousemove $X $Y
fi

if [ $toolbar_position_top_botom == "left" ] 
then
fluxbox-remote rootmenu
fi

if [ $toolbar_position_top_botom == "right" ] 
then
fluxbox-remote rootmenu
fi

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