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Old 10-19-2004, 04:12 PM   #1
wapcaplet
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Fluxbox - use Mod4 instead of Mod1?


Various software that I use relies upon some hotkey that is intercepted by Fluxbox, particularly the use of Alt+mousebuttons for moving and resizing windows. In GIMP, for instance, alt+leftbutton is needed to move a path component.

I know that this behavior can be disabled by putting session.useMod1: false in my ~/.fluxbox/init, but I would like to keep the functionality (it's one of my favorite things about fluxbox), if possible bound to an alternate key such as the Windows Logo key (Mod4). Mod4 + something on the keyboard is just not the same; I want to use my mouse for resizing and moving.

I've done quite a bit of googling, and haven't found any way to tell flux to use Mod4 instead of Mod1 for these things. I've tried:

Mod4 Button1 :Move

to no avail (no surprise, since it's a complete guess; the fluxbox man page does not list the names of the mouse buttons, nor the action of moving/resizing via the mouse). Anyone know if there's a way to do it?
 
Old 10-21-2004, 12:12 AM   #2
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Mod1 is hard coded into fluxbox. They only just recently allowed disabling, as you mentioned, but I don't think there's any way to swap it with another mod key unless you want to explore the source files.
 
Old 10-21-2004, 11:17 AM   #3
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Hm, crap. Well, I may just consider having a peek at the source. Barring that, I guess the next step is to try to get GIMP to use another hotkey. Thanks!
 
  


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