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| ====== Introduction ====== | ====== Introduction ====== |
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| It often irritates me how the settings of XFCE, a light-weight desktop environment, are distributed across //Appearance//, //Window Manager//, | It often irritates me how the settings of XFCE are distributed across //Appearance//, //Window Manager//, |
| //Window Manager Tweaks// and //Workspaces// in ''xfce4-settings-manager'', the configuration application that ships with XFCE: | //Window Manager Tweaks// and //Workspaces// in ''xfce4-settings-manager'': |
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| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/xfce-settings.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/xfce-settings.png}} |
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| * Selecting the theme of window contents (the GTK theme) is done in //Appearance//, but selecting the style for the window borders (the window manager theme) is done in //Window Manager → Style//. | * Selecting the theme of window contents (the GTK theme) is done in //Appearance//, but selecting the style for the window borders (the window manager theme) is done in //Window Manager → Style//. |
| ===== Themes ===== | ===== Themes ===== |
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| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/appearance-1.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/appearance-1.png}} |
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| The theme tab looks almost like it does today, but consolidates the GTK theme and the window theme selector: | The theme tab looks almost like it does today, but consolidates the GTK theme and the window theme selector: |
| A new tab is added to configure how the window title bar is displayed: | A new tab is added to configure how the window title bar is displayed: |
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| {{soc.github.io//assets/img/xfce/appearance-4.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io//assets/img/xfce/appearance-4.png}} |
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| ===== Menu and Toolbar ===== | ===== Menu and Toolbar ===== |
| The //Settings// tab is renamed to //Menu and Toolbar//, and the "event sounds" items are moved elsewhere (probably to the //Accessibility// panel): | The //Settings// tab is renamed to //Menu and Toolbar//, and the "event sounds" items are moved elsewhere (probably to the //Accessibility// panel): |
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| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/appearance-5.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/appearance-5.png}} |
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| ===== Effects ===== | ===== Effects ===== |
| A new tab for effects holds appearance-related settings of the compositor: | A new tab for effects holds appearance-related settings of the compositor: |
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| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/appearance-6.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/appearance-6.png}} |
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| ===== Window Manager and Window Manager Tweaks ===== | ===== Window Manager and Window Manager Tweaks ===== |
| This is how //Window Manager// and //Window Manager Tweaks// look today: | This is how //Window Manager// and //Window Manager Tweaks// look today: |
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| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/wm-old.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/wm-old.png}} |
| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/wmt-old.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/wmt-old.png}} |
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| The proposal renames //Window Manager// to //Window Management// and merges it with the remaining settings from //Window Manager Tweaks//. | The proposal renames //Window Manager// to //Window Management// and merges it with the remaining settings from //Window Manager Tweaks//. |
| Compared to the current state, the following changes are made: | Compared to the current state, the following changes are made: |
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| * //Window Manager → Style//: removed, settings have been moved to //Appearance → Themes//, //Appearance → Fonts// and //Appearance → Title bar// | * //Window Manager → Style//: removed, settings are moved to //Appearance → Themes//, //Appearance → Fonts// and //Appearance → Title bar// |
| * //Window Manager → Keyboard//: removed, settings have been merged with //Keyboard → Shortcuts// | * //Window Manager → Keyboard//: removed, settings are merged with //Keyboard → Shortcuts// |
| * //Window Manager → Focus//: kept, merged with settings from //Window Manager Tweaks → Focus// | * //Window Manager → Focus//: kept, merged with settings from //Window Manager Tweaks → Focus// |
| * //Window Manager → Advanced//: moved workspace-related parts to new //Workspaces → Behavior// tab, general parts to //Window Manager → General//, renamed tab with remaining settings to //Window Management → Tiling and Snapping// | * //Window Manager → Advanced//: moved workspace-related parts to new //Workspaces → Behavior// tab, general parts to //Window Manager → General//, renamed tab with remaining settings to //Window Management → Tiling and Snapping// |
| * //Window Manager Tweaks → Focus//: removed, moved to //Window Management → Focus// | * //Window Manager Tweaks → Focus//: removed, moved to //Window Management → Focus// |
| * //Window Manager Tweaks → Accessibility//: removed, moved settings to more appropriate places | * //Window Manager Tweaks → Accessibility//: removed, moved settings to more appropriate places |
| * //Window Manager Tweaks → Workspaces//: removed, settings have been moved to //Workspaces// | * //Window Manager Tweaks → Workspaces//: removed, settings are moved to //Workspaces// |
| * //Window Manager Tweaks → Placement//: kept, but could be moved to //Window Management → General// | * //Window Manager Tweaks → Placement//: kept, but could be moved to //Window Management → General// |
| * //Window Manager Tweaks → Compositor//: removed, moved most settings to //Appearance → Effects// | * //Window Manager Tweaks → Compositor//: removed, moved most settings to //Appearance → Effects// |
| This is the result: | This is the result: |
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| {{soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/wm-new.png}} | {{https://soc.github.io/assets/img/xfce/wm-new.png}} |
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| ====== End ====== | ====== End ====== |