Re: FVWM: FvwmTaskbar comes up, but autohide does not work

From: Sam Krishnabhat <samk_at_cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:45:05 -0800 (PST)

Thus spake Tim Phipps:
>
> Sam Krishnabhat wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I did read somewhere that Taskbar does not work properly with AutoHide turned
> > on. But, for me autohide does not work at all. Am I doing anything wrong here ?
> > I have the latest code downloaded from the CVS tree.
>
> It works for me (using your config lines). What part of Authohide
> doesn't work for you?
>
> The problems with AutoHide were that it was impossible to put the
> pointer on the FvwmTaskBar window with a setup that had more than one
> virtual page. The thin transparent windows around the edge of the screen
> (the pan-frames) got in the way. The fix was to make autohide leave two
> pixels visible and to use the "EdgeThickness 1" command at the start of
> your .fvwm2rc. Some X-servers have a bug that prevents page scrolling
> with a pan-frame of one pixel.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim.

With the command "EdgeThickness 1", I am still not able to
autohide the TaskBar bar. When point at a window, and start
working the taskbar should automatcally vanish right ?
I have enclosed the FvwmTaskBar specific config. Can you help ?
(FVWM Version: 2.1.10)

-sam
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EdgeThickness 1
Style "FvwmTaskBar" NoTitle, BorderWidth 4, HandleWidth 4, Sticky, StaysOnTop

*FvwmTaskBarBack #c3c3c3
*FvwmTaskBarFore black
*FvwmTaskBarTipsBack bisque
*FvwmTaskBarTipsFore black
*FvwmTaskBarGeometry +0-1
*FvwmTaskBarFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmTaskBarSelFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmTaskBarStatusFont fixed
 
#*FvwmTaskBarAction Click1 Iconify -1, Raise
*FvwmTaskBarAction Click1 Iconify -1,Focus
*FvwmTaskBarAction Click2 Iconify +1, Lower
*FvwmTaskBarAction Click3 Iconify -1, Raise
 
*FvwmTaskBarUseSkipList
*FvwmTaskBarUseIconNames
*FvwmTaskBarAutoStick
*FvwmTaskBarAutoHide
*FvwmTaskBarShowTips
# I Don't know what this is : *FvwmTaskBarShowTransients
 
*FvwmTaskBarButtonWidth 180
#*FvwmTaskBarButtonWidth 40
*FvwmTaskBarBellVolume 20
*FvwmTaskBarMailBox /var/spool/mail/
*FvwmTaskBarMailCommand Exec xterm -e mail
*FvwmTaskBarClockFormat %I:%M %p
 
*FvwmTaskBarStartName X
#*FvwmTaskBarStartMenu StartMenu
*FvwmTaskBarStartMenu RootMenu
*FvwmTaskBarStartIcon mini-exp.xpm
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Received on Tue Feb 16 1999 - 13:46:15 GMT

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