Provided by: fluxbox_1.3.5-2_amd64 
NAME
fluxbox-apps - per-window attribute configuration for fluxbox(1)
SYNOPSIS
~/.fluxbox/apps
SYNTAX
Variable parameters are shown in emphasis: argument
All other characters shown are required verbatim. Whitespace is only required to delimit
words, but it is fine to add more whitespace.
DESCRIPTION
It is possible to force an application to always have the same dimensions, position, and
other settings when it is first launched. These settings are saved in the ‘apps’ file.
Most simple settings can be saved using the “Remember...” submenu of the window menu,
which can usually be opened with a right-click on the titlebar. More advanced features
require manually editing the ‘apps’ file. This may include using GROUP SECTIONS to set up
automatic window tab groups.
You do not need to “reload” fluxbox after editing the apps file, the changes should be
rescanned when the next window is opened.
The file is made up of two main types of sections, apps and groups, detailed below.
APP SECTIONS
[app] sections provide settings for individual application windows.
These sections begin with a line of the format
[app] (pattern) {count}
The pattern can be one or more patterns which match windows. For more details, see CLIENT
PATTERNS. If you specify more than one pattern, they must ALL match for the settings to be
applied.
The {count} is optional. If specified, then the entry will only match at most that many
windows at any time. If omitted, the default is to apply the settings to all matching
windows.
This opening [apps] line is followed by any number of settings for the application. See
SETTINGS for more details.
Each of these sections ends with the single line
[end]
GROUP SECTIONS
The primary purpose of [group] sections is to group windows together. All windows in a
group will be tabbed together automatically.
These sections begin with a line of the format
[group] (pattern)
Where the pattern item is optional. If specified, this pattern must match for the group to
take effect. It is common to use non-window-specific patterns such as (workspace) here.
See CLIENT PATTERNS for more details.
This is followed by any number of [app] lines. These have a similar format to the [app]
section detailed above in APP SECTIONS, but do not contain any settings and do not have an
associated [end] line.
Like this
[app] (pattern)
This section may also contain settings that are applied to every window in the group. See
the SETTINGS section for details.
As with [app] sections, each of these sections ends with the single line
[end]
SETTINGS
These settings may be stored in the ‘apps’ file. A settings line must appear inside either
an [app] or [group] section.
The general format is
[setting] {value}
All allowed values are described below, except for bool which can simply have the value
yes or no, which enables or disables the associated setting, respectively.
[Workspace] {number}
Forces the application to open on the number workspace specified. Workspaces are set
by number, beginning with 0.
[Jump] {bool}
Changes the active workspace to the remembered one when the application is opened.
This is only useful when used in conjunction with [Workspace]. See EXAMPLES.
[Head] {number}
Forces the application to open on the number head specified (Xinerama only).
[Layer] {number}
Specify the layer to open the window on (by number). Each layer has a number. The
named ones are: 2-AboveDock, 4-Dock, 6-Top, 8-Normal, 10-Bottom, 12-Desktop.
[Dimensions] {width[%] height[%]}
Opens the application with the specified width and height, in pixels. If the value is
given in percent, then the window size will be based on the current screen’s size.
[Position] (anchor) {X[%] Y[%]}
Position the application at a particular spot. By default the upper-left corner is
placed at screen coordinates (X,Y). If you specify an anchor, say BottomRight, then
the lower-right corner of the window is positioned (X,Y) pixels from the lower-right
corner of the screen. If the value is given in percent, then the coordinates will be
based on the current screen’s size.
anchor may be set to one of:
TopLeft Left BottomLeft Top Center Bottom TopRight Right BottomRight
[Deco] {value}
Specify the decoration state. There are several predefined value sets:
NORMAL
Standard decorations
NONE
No decorations
BORDER
Like NONE except keep the X window border
TAB
Like BORDER except keep external tabs (if enabled)
TINY
Titlebar with only an iconify button
TOOL
Titlebar only
The value may also be a bitmask for finer-grained control. The bits are, from
(1<<0) to (1<<10): Titlebar, Handle/Grips, Border, Iconify Button, Maximize
Button, Close Button, Menu Button, Sticky Button, Shade Button, External Tabs,
Focus Enabled.
[Shaded] {bool}
Whether the window is Shaded (rolled-up) or not.
[Tab] {bool}
Whether the window has tabs enabled.
[FocusNewWindow] {bool}
If enabled, a new window will grab X focus as soon as it is opened. If disabled, a new
window will not grab X focus as soon as it is opened.
[FocusHidden] {bool}
If enabled, the window will not appear in NextWindow/PrevWindow lists.
[IconHidden] {bool}
If enabled, the window will not appear in the icon area of the toolbar.
[Hidden] {bool}
A shortcut for setting both FocusHidden and IconHidden at the same time.
[Sticky] {bool}
Specify if an application should be sticky (shown on all workspaces) or not.
[Minimized] {bool}
Application should start minimized
[Maximized] {value}
Application should start maximized. value may be:
yes
Fully maximized
horz
Horizontally maximized
vert
Vertically maximized
no
Not maximized
[Fullscreen] {bool}
Application should start in fullscreen mode (fully maximized without any decorations).
[Close] {bool}
Save settings on close. By default, application settings are not updated when a window
is closed.
[Alpha] {value [value]}
Set the alpha value for this window. If two values are given, they correspond to the
focused and unfocused transparency, respectively. One number only will be used for
both values. value is an integer between 0 and 255.
CLIENT PATTERNS
A pattern looks like this
([propertyname[!]=]regexp) ...
Match definitions are enclosed in parentheses (...), and if no propertyname is given then
Name is assumed. The regexp can contain any regular expression, or the special value
[current], which matches the corresponding value of the currently focused window. See
regex(7) for more information on acceptable regular expressions.
propertyname is not case sensitive, whereas the regexp is.
If you specify multiple (pattern) arguments, this implies an AND condition - All specified
patterns must match.
You can use = to test for equality or != to test for inequality.
The following values are accepted for propertyname
Name
A string, corresponding to the CLASSNAME property (The first field of WM_CLASS
from the output of the xprop(1) utility).
Class
A string, corresponding to the CLASSCLASS property (The second field of WM_CLASS
from the output of the xprop(1) utility).
Title
A string, corresponding to the window title (WM_NAME from xprop(1)).
Role
A string, corresponding to the ROLE property (WM_WINDOW_ROLE from xprop(1)).
Transient
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is transient (typically, a popup
dialog) or not.
Maximized
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is maximized or not.
MaximizedHorizontal
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is maximized horizontally or
not.
MaximizedVertical
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is maximized vertically or not.
Minimized
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is minimized (iconified) or not.
Fullscreen
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is fullscreen or not.
Shaded
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is shaded or not.
Stuck
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window is sticky (on all workspaces) or
not.
FocusHidden
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window has asked to be left off the
focus list (or, the alt-tab list), or not.
IconHidden
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window has asked to be left off the
icon list (or, the taskbar), or not.
Urgent
Either yes or no, depending on whether the window has the urgent hint set.
Workspace
A number corresponding to the workspace number to which the window is attached.
The first workspace here is 0. You may also use [current] to match the currently
visible workspace.
WorkspaceName
A string corresponding to the name of the workspace to which the window is
attached.
Head
The number of the display head to which the window is attached. You may match this
against the special value [mouse] which refers to the head where the mouse pointer
currently resides.
Layer
The string name of the window’s layer, which is one of AboveDock, Dock, Top,
Normal, Bottom, Desktop
Screen
The number of the currently used screen. If the setup of the running xserver
involves independent screens (not Xinerama), the $DISPLAY environment contains
something like :0.1 or :1.0. The part after the dot (.) is the number of the
screen.
@XPROP
A string, corresponding to any xproperty (Use either the xprop(1) utility or the
SetXProp command to set a xproperty to a window)
Matches any windows with the CLASSNAME of "xterm".
(xterm)
Matches any windows with the same CLASSNAME as the currently focused window.
(Name=[current])
Matches any windows on the same head as the mouse but on a different layer than the
currently focused window.
(Head=[mouse]) (Layer!=[current])
Matches any windows having a xproperty named FOO with "bar" in it.
(@FOO=.*bar.*)
FILES
~/.fluxbox/apps
This is the default location for the application settings.
RESOURCES
session.appsFile: location
This may be set to override the location of the application settings.
EXAMPLES
Here are some interesting and/or useful examples you can do with your apps file.
# Put the first two windows which end with 'term' on workspace 1
[app] (name=.*[tT]erm) {2}
[Workspace] {1}
[end]
# Center kate with a specific size, and update these values when the window is
# closed.
[app] (name=kate)
[Dimensions] {1022 747}
[Position] (CENTER) {0 0}
[Close] {yes}
[end]
# When starting konqueror, jump to workspace 1 first and start it there.
[app] (name=konqueror)
[Workspace] {1}
[Jump] {yes}
[end]
# start all aterm without decorations
[app] (name=aterm)
[Deco] {NONE}
[end]
# a group with the gimp dock and toolbox
# appears on layer 4 (bottom)
[group]
[app] (name=gimp) (role=gimp-dock)
[app] (name=gimp) (role=gimp-toolbox)
[Layer] {4}
[end]
AUTHORS
• Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay com> (>fluxbox-1.0.0)
• Curt Micol <asenchi at asenchi com> (>fluxbox-0.9.11)
• Tobias Klausmann <klausman at users sourceforge net> (⟨fluxbox-0.9.11)
• Grubert <grubert at users sourceforge net> (fluxbox)
• Matthew Hawkins <matt at mh dropbear id au> (blackbox)
• Wilbert Berendsen <wbsoft at xs4all nl> (blackbox)
SEE ALSO
fluxbox(1) xprop(1) regex(7)
AUTHOR
Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>
Author.