Re: FVWM: ActiveUp, ActiveDown... ActiveHilight?

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:08:54 +0000

On 31 Oct 2002 15:29:20 -0500, Kendrick Vargas wrote:
>
> I'm currently using an FVWM2 CVS snapshot from a week or so ago, and I'm
> trying to get my fvwm2 setup looking a little more modern. Actually, I'm
> trying to get my fvwm2 looking like the Metabox theme for Metacity.
>
> I've got a good deal of the stuff looking the same, however I would like
> to have my buttons in the window decorations highlight to a different
> color/gradient. Currently I only see 2 states, Up and Down, for the Active
> and InActive options. Would it be difficult to add a Hilight state? Or
> would it be easy to achieve something similar so that when my mouse is
> over a botton, it highlights to a different background gradient?

This would break the current symmetry of 2x2x2 states. Making it to be
3x2x2 states. I can't say right now how hard is to detect the enter/leave
button events. Maybe Dominik can.

> Also, while I've got your attention, I've seen a number of windows
> managers allow for Titles, no borders, and a bar across the bottom. For
> example:
>
> http://www.hudat.com/~ken/metabox-screenshot.png
>
> I imagine it'd be hard to do something like that, but is it somewhere on
> the radar as far as feature requests go? If not, could we add it :-)

But "we" do you mean you are willing to try? :)

There were discussions to have top/side/bottom borders separately
disabled/enabled, but not exactly the implementation of this.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Thu Oct 31 2002 - 16:10:30 GMT

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