Tip: Stop IceWM from opening new windows on random places, Center large Windows

[Member PPC]

The single thing I dislike in IceWM is that I found no way to configure it to open new windows in the center of the screen, instead of in random places somewhere- it stands to reason that’s where most non stacking window managers like to see new windows be default…

Edit: see the second post, where it’s shown how to center Large Windows, on IceWM.

I took a look around the manual, and found no option for that (maybe I should ask for that new feature, in it’s git?), but I found the second best thing:
Edit Icewm’s “preferences” config file (you can reach it in antiX menu > Control Centre > ..IceWM…> “Preferences” tab) and make sure it has this line:
SmartPlacement=0

Save the change and restart IceWM.

Now, every new window will open, not on a random place, but right below the end of the previous window title bar- much nicer standard, in my humble opinion…

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• This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by PPC.
• This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by PPC.

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PPC wrote:

I found no way to configure it to open new windows in the center of the scree

Did you tried this in IceMW config file under preferences

#  Center large windows
 CenterLarge=1 # 0/1

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Did you tried this in IceMW config file under preferences

No, I missed that! Many thanks!
With both this settings, finally IceWM acts just the way I want! 🙂

I’ll update the Original Post and title, so this info is easier to find!!!

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