Look(1) AfterStep X11 window manager Look(1)NAMELook - AfterStep look Look Alignment flags Bevel flags MyBackground
MyFrame MyStyle Suported hints Titlebar layout
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
ButtonAlign
FIXME: add proper description here.
See Also: Look Alignment flags for further details.
ButtonBevel
Specifies the bevel to be drawn around iconified windows.
See Also: Look Bevel flags for further details.
ButtonIconSpacing
FIXME: add proper description here.
ButtonSize width height
Specifies the size of iconified windows. Every iconified window
button will be exactly width pixels wide and height pixels high.
This includes titles drawn at the top, but not the separate
title window created by SeparateButtonTitle. If either width or
height is less than one, that dimension will not be fixed. The
default is ButtonSize 0 0
CursorBack
use with CursorFore setting to adjust color of the mouse cursor.
CursorFore
use with CursorBack setting to adjust color of the mouse cursor.
DefaultFrame "name"
MyFrame to use as default for all windows. Note: if you want a
different framing for any window, you need to specify it in the
database file using the Frame keyword.
DefaultStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use when no style has been specifically
defined for a given situation. Note that if a style named
"default" has been defined and DefaultStyle has not, the
"default" style will be used as the default.
DeskBack desk# "name"
Specifies what background to use for desk#. "name" can be either
image filename in double-quotes, or the name of background defi‐
nition (see MyBackground definition for details).
DontAnimateBackground
disables non-blocking root background changing of full-screen
backgrounds, that looks like slow animation. This is recommended
for fast machines.
DontDrawBackground
If specified, will not display background image, use this with
xearth or xfishtank.
DrawMenuBorders 0|1|2
Specifies the look of the (start)menu. Using 0 will draw the
menu with no border on either the menu label or menu item por-
tions. Using 1 will draw a border around each menu label and
around the menu item. Using 2 will drawn a border around the
menu label and the entire menu item list. The border colors are
calculated from the BackColor under MyStyle menu_item of the
look.name. The "hilight" (top & left) color is one half lighter
than the BackColor color and the "shadow" (bottom & right) is
one half darker than the BackColor color. If the BackColor color
is black, the color grey is used.
FWindowStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use for the focused window decorations.
IconBox left top right bottom
Specifies a region of the screen in which to place iconified
windows. Up to four icon boxes can be defined. If an IconBox is
provided, icons will automatically be placed in them, if possi‐
ble. Otherwise, they will be placed in the upper left corner of
the screen. Each time a window is iconified, a new place is
found for it, unless the icon has been moved manually. An avail‐
able space is searched for from left to right, then top to bot‐
tom. Icons will not be automatically placed on top of other
icons, but they may be placed underneath application windows if
StubbornIconPlacement has not been specified. If left or right
is negative, then AfterStep will add the screen width to it. If
top or bottom is negative, then AfterStep will add the screen
height to it. Note that -0 is not parsed as the right or bottom
pixel on the screen. Use -1 instead. The IconBox will normally
be filled from left to right, then top to bottom. However, if
the right edge of the IconBox is closer to the right edge of the
screen than the left edge of the IconBox is to the left edge of
the screen, then it will be filled from right to left. Similarly
for top to bottom. For example, "2 2 -1 -1" will result in an
IconBox which fills from right to left, then bottom to top.
IconsGrowVertically
Specifies that the Iconbox(es) should be filled vertically
first.
KillBackgroundThreshold size
Here size is the maximum number of pixels in root background
image. If image is bigger that this - it will be unloaded from
memory when desktop is switched and image is no longer in use.
Use it on systems with low memory.
MArrowPixmap pixmap_name
Specifies a pixmap to use as the submenu indicator in popup
menus.
MenuBalloonBorderHilite
FIXME: add proper description here.
See Also: Look Bevel flags for further details.
MenuBalloonCloseDelay
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloonDelay
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloonStyle
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloonTextPaddingX
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloonTextPaddingY
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloonXOffset
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloonYOffset
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuBalloons
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuHiTitleStyle "style_name"
AfterStep now allows you to specify a MyStyle to be used for the
titlebar of the currently hilighted menu. AS soon as the menu
goes out of focus its titlebar will be rendered using MenuTi‐
tleStyle.
MenuHiliteCompositionMethod 130-145
This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like different
values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you may
not see any difference for some of this values.
MenuHiliteStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use for hilighted menu items.
MenuItemCompositionMethod 130-145
This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like different
values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you may
not see any difference for some of this values.
MenuItemStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use for menu items.
MenuMiniPixmaps minis
Specifies whether mini pixmaps should be included in menus. If
minis is 0, mini pixmaps are not included. If minis is 1, mini
pixmaps are included. Note that mini pixmaps will not be added
to menus until the next time menus are updated. Mini pixmaps can
cause AS to take much longer to load over a network.
MenuNoBalloons
FIXME: add proper description here.
MenuPinOn pixmap_name
MenuPinOn is deprecated and AfterStep will reinterpret it, and
it will create new TitleButton using last unused TitleButton
context. It will then assign PinMenu function to this button.
This button will only be shown on titlebars belonging to menu
windows. This button behaves just like any other TitleButton -
for example you can use TitleButtonOrder to specify where it
should go. Problem is you may not know what context AfterStep
had choosen for it. The better way would be to explicitely
define TitleButton, and assign PinMenu to it in your feel.
MenuStippleCompositionMethod 130-145
This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like different
values :) If you use shades of grey for your item text - you may
not see any difference for some of this values.
MenuStippleStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use for stippled menu items.
MenuSubItemStyle "style_name"
AfterStep now includes this new feature: when you select an item
from the menu - this item will be marked as recently used, and
next time the menu is opened it will show all the recently used
items from its SUBMENU. For exmaple you do :
Menu->Applications->rxvt
Next time you open the Main menu, it will display rxvt just
under the "Applications" item with some offset.
It looks much better when this subitems are shown with different
(smaller ) font. To achive that - specify a MyStyle with
asmaller font using the MenuSubItemStyle option in your look
file.
This feature could be turned off or altered by using the
RecentSubmenuItems option in your feel file: set it to 0 to dis‐
able this feature.
MenuTitleStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use for menu titles.
MinipixmapSize x y
Changes the default maximum MiniPixmap size (24x24) to a user-
specified value.
See Also: MiniPixmap, MenuMiniPixmaps.
MyBackground "background_name"
Specifies a background definition. Please note that only desk‐
tops can have different backgrounds - the viewports inside of a
desktop are limited to the same background.
See Also: MyBackground definition for further details.
MyFrame "frame_name"
Specifies a frame definition (window decor in general) and is
covered in the MyFrame section of the documentation. Please also
note that window decor can be defined on a per window basis if
needed in the database.
See Also: MyFrame definition for further details.
MyStyle "style_name"
Specifies a MyStyle definition (which covers text and/or gradi‐
ents and/or background pixmaps), which can later be reused and
is covered in the MyStyle section of the documentation.
See Also: MyStyle definition for further details.
ResizeMoveGeometry geom
Specifies the location of the resize/move window. If this option
is not specified, the move/resize window will be centered on the
screen. geom may be any one of the following:
++: upper-left corner
-+: upper-right corner
+-: lower-left corner
--: lower-right corner
RubberBand
Specifies the RubberBand type to use when moving or resizing
non-opaque windows. There are 3 styles: 0: the window is repre‐
sented as a number of rectangles 1: one rectangle the size of
the window 2: one crossed-out rectangle the size of the window.
SWindowStyle "style_name"
Specifies the MyStyle to use for the sticky window decorations.
SeparateButtonTitle 0|1
Specifies where iconified window titles should be drawn. If it
is 0, the title will be drawn at the top of the icon. If it is
1, the title will be drawn in a separate window at the below the
icon. The default value is 1.
StartMenuSortMode number
Sort start menu entries by... 1=alphabetical order, 0=date
SupportedHints
FIXME: add proper description here.
See Also: Supported hints list for further details.
TitleButton button unclicked_image clicked_image
button defines the button location number from 1 to 10 in the
following layout: [1] [3] [5] [7] [9] (title) [10] [8] [6] [4]
[2].
unclicked_image is the bitmap or pixmap to be used during the
static state of the associated buton location.
clicked_image is the bitmap or pixmap to be used during a
clicked state of the associated button location.
TitleButtonBalloonBorderHilite None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOut‐
line
Defines bevel to be drawn around balloons - replaces BorderWidth
setting.
See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
TitleButtonBalloonCloseDelay milliseconds
FIXME: add proper description here.
TitleButtonBalloonDelay milliseconds
Determines delay between when balloon is shown and before it
disapears.
TitleButtonBalloonStyle "mystyle_name"
MyStyle to be used to draw balloon. Note that balloons could be
shaped (BackPixmap 125 and 126 ).
TitleButtonBalloonTextPaddingX
FIXME: add proper description here.
TitleButtonBalloonTextPaddingY
FIXME: add proper description here.
TitleButtonBalloonXOffset offset
Specifies the horizontal offset (in pixels) to use when display‐
ing balloons.
TitleButtonBalloonYOffset offset
Specifies the horizontal offset (in pixels) to use when display‐
ing balloons.
TitleButtonBalloons
Turns on displaying of balloons for buttons in the titlebar.
TitleButtonNoBalloons
FIXME: add proper description here.
TitleButtonOrder context_sequence
Determines layout of the titlebar. Default is 13579t08642.
TitleButtonSpacing number
Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between each button
of the titlebar.
TitleButtonSpacingLeft number
Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between left buttons
and titlebar.
TitleButtonSpacingRight number
Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between titlebar and
right buttons.
TitleButtonStyle num
Specifies how much space is put between leftmost and rightmost
titlebar buttons, and the edges of the titlebar. If num is 0,
there is a two pixel buffer the buttons and the edge. If num is
1, there is no space between the buttons and the edge. If num is
2 , then distance between titlebar edge and titlebuttons is
determined by TitleButtonXOffset and TitleButtonYOffset.
TitleButtonXOffset x_offset_val
Determines the distance of the titlebar buttons from the edge of
the titlebar.
TitleButtonXOffsetLeft x_offset_val
Determines the distance of the left block of titlebar buttons
from the side of the titlebar.
TitleButtonXOffsetRight x_offset_val
Determines the distance of the right block of titlebar buttons
from the side of the titlebar.
TitleButtonYOffset y_offset_val
Determines the distance of the titlebar buttons from the
top/bottom of the titlebar
TitleButtonYOffsetLeft y_offset_val
Determines the distance of the left block of titlebar buttons
from the top/bottom of the titlebar
TitleButtonYOffsetRight y_offset_val
Determines the distance of the right block of titlebar buttons
from the top/bottom of the titlebar
TitleTextAlign align
Defines how titlebar text should be aligned - Left, Right or
Center.
TitlebarNoPush
Specifies that the titlebar should not to appear to be "pushed
in" when clicked with a mouse button. This is useful to reduce
video strain or if textured pixmaps that do not look good
"pushed in" are used.
UWindowStyle
Specifies the MyStyle to use for the unfocused window decora‐
tions.
Frame decoration settings have been greately enhanced. It is now
fashioned after MyStyle option and is called MyFrame. It allows
for several named structures, with inheritance and ability to
assign different structure to different apps using the database.
As mentioned above root background settings has been moved into
look - hence MyBackground and Desk back as look options.
MyStyle has far greater number of BackPixmap types reflecting
new functionality in libAfterImage.
CompositionMethod setting has been added to different aspects of
look.
New options for more flexible placing of titlebar buttons has
been added.
Balloons now support both X and Y offset as well as MyStyle
instead of simple back and fore colors.
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