xenial (1) Gravity.1x.gz

NAME

       Gravity - Afterstep Gravity

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       Center

              when  window  decorations  are  added  to  client  window  - window is moved so that center of the
              resulting framed window will be in the same location as the center of mapped client window without
              decorations.

       East

              Decorated  window  is  moved  so  that its right side is located at same position as right side of
              undecorated client window.

       North

              Decorated window is moved so that its top side  is  located  at  same  position  as  top  side  of
              undecorated client window.

       NorthEast

              Decorated  window  is  moved so that its right-top corner is located at same position as right-top
              corner of undecorated client window.

       NorthWest

              Decorated window is moved so that its left-top corner is located  at  same  position  as  left-top
              corner of undecorated client window.

       South

              Decorated  window  is  moved so that its bottom side is located at same position as bottom side of
              undecorated client window.

       SouthEast

              Decorated window is moved so  that  its  right-bottom  corner  is  located  at  same  position  as
              right-bottom corner of undecorated client window.

       SouthWest

              Decorated  window  is  moved  so  that  its  left-bottom  corner  is  located  at same position as
              left-bottom corner of undecorated client window.

       Static

              when window decorations are added to client window - frame window is moved so that  client  window
              remains in exact position it was mapped at.

       West

              Decorated  window  is  moved  so  that  its  left side is located at same position as left side of
              undecorated client window.

DESCRIPTION

       When client window is mapped on screen - Window Manager draws some frame decorations around it,  such  as
       Titlebar,  resize handles, etc. As such decorations take additional space, it is nesseccary to specify if
       resulting larger window should be moved on screen in any particular direction in order to compensate  for
       discrepancy in size. This is determined by Gravity hint.

       Usually  Gravity  is  set  by  client  itself,  depending  on geometry specified by the user. For example
       geometry -10+100 will set gravity to NorthEast, while +10+100 will set gravity  to  NorthWest.  Sometimes
       this  gravity  setting  requested  by  application  is incorrect though, due to longstanding tradition of
       misinterpretation of its meaning. In this cases it may be desired to override  gravity.  AfterStep  users
       can  accomplish  that  using  database  file, and definig new Style for specific application with Gravity
       attribute set. For example it is recommended to set gravity of popular image viewver XV to be Static,  as
       it tends to move self assuming that it knows everything.

       Below are the list of possible gravity values with explanation of its meaning.