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| ===== Window Sidebars and bottom ===== | ===== Window Sidebars and bottom ===== |
| Each side of a window is made up of two pixmaps. The pixmaps on the left side are named left-active.xpm and bottom-left-active.xpm. with the right side (of course) being made up of right-active.xpm and bottom-right-active.xpm. | |
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| The Window bottom grab bar is made up of bottom-active.xpm and bottom-inactive.xpm pixmaps which will be repeated to fit as the window is resized. | Each side of a window is made up of two pixmaps. The pixmaps on the left side are named ''left-active.xpm'' and ''bottom-left-active.xpm''. The pixmaps on the right side of the window being made composed of ''right-active.xpm'' and ''bottom-right-active.xpm''. |
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| N.B These pixmaps also make up the mouse grab handles so keep that in mind when deciding how many pixels wide they should be (particularly the bottom-left and bottom right pixmaps which make up the main resize handles on the windows). | The Window bottom grab bar is made up of ''bottom-active.xpm'' and ''bottom-inactive.xpm'' pixmaps which will be repeated to fit as the window is resized. |
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| | **Note:** These pixmaps also make up the mouse grab handles. It is important to keep this in mind when deciding how many pixels wide they should be (particularly the bottom-left and bottom right pixmaps which make up the main resize handles on the windows). |
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| ===== Xfwm4 Buttons ===== | ===== Xfwm4 Buttons ===== |
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| Xfwm4 can use up to six action buttons - stick (sticky windows), menu, shade, hide, maximize and close. | Xfwm4 can use up to six action buttons: |
| | * stick (sticky windows) |
| | * menu |
| | * shade |
| | * hide |
| | * maximize |
| | * close. |
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| | Buttons can have the following states: |
| | * active(i.e. focused) |
| | * inactive(i.e. unfocused) |
| | * prelight |
| | * pressed states |
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| Buttons have active(i.e. focused), inactive(i.e. unfocused), prelight and pressed states. As per figures 3 below: | As per figure 3: |
| AbiWord Image menu-active.gif AbiWord Image menu-inactive.gif AbiWord Image image_2.gif | |
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| ^ Figure 3 - Xfwm4 button states ^ | ^ Figure 3 - Xfwm4 button states ^ |
| | {{howto:xfwm4:image_2.gif}} {{howto:xfwm4:menu-inactive.gif}} {{howto:xfwm4:menu-active.gif}} | | | {{howto:xfwm4:image_2.gif|pressed button state}} {{howto:xfwm4:menu-inactive.gif|inactive button state}} {{howto:xfwm4:menu-active.gif|active button state}} | |
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| Xfwm4 can also used "toggled" buttons to indicated whether buttons are toggled on or off - figure 4. | Xfwm4 can also use "toggled" buttons to indicated whether buttons are toggled on or off - See figure 4. |
| AbiWord Image stick-active.gif AbiWord Image stick-inactive.gif AbiWord Image stick-pressed.gif AbiWord Image stick-toggled-active.gif AbiWord Image image_3.gif AbiWord Image stick-toggled-pressed.gif | - On the left: |
| | - stick pressed |
| | - stick inactive |
| | - stick active |
| | - On the right: |
| | - stick toggled pressed |
| | - stick toggled inactive |
| | - stick toggled active |
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| ^ Figure 4 - Stick buttons with extra toggled buttons ^^ | ^ Figure 4 - Stick buttons with extra toggled buttons ^^ |
| | {{howto:xfwm4:stick-active.gif}} {{howto:xfwm4:stick-inactive.gif}} {{howto:xfwm4:stick-pressed.gif}} | {{howto:xfwm4:stick-toggled-pressed.gif}} {{howto:xfwm4:stick-toggled-active.gif}} {{howto:xfwm4:image_3.gif}} | | | {{howto:xfwm4:stick-pressed.gif|stick button pressed}} {{howto:xfwm4:stick-inactive.gif|stick button inactive}} {{howto:xfwm4:stick-active.gif|stick button active}} | {{howto:xfwm4:stick-toggled-pressed.gif|stick button toggled pressed}} {{howto:xfwm4:image_3.gif|stick button toggled inactive}} {{howto:xfwm4:stick-toggled-active.gif|stick toggled active}} | |
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| Xfwm4 4.6 brings a new button effect of the active window called prelight. Hovering the mouse over the buttons, the picture becomes clearer. Can be used in the six active buttons. | As of Xfwm4 4.6, a new button effect of the active window is available called prelight. Hovering the mouse over the buttons, the picture becomes clearer. This can be used in all of the six active buttons. |
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