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Old 08-13-2014, 02:27 PM   #1
haertig
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Question: Controlling newly opened window placement in Xfce


Using Xfce4 windows manager, my goal is to open all new windows positioned to the farthest upper-right corner of my desktop. I have a row of application launchers running down the left side of my desktop that I would like to leave always visible. I am getting tired of having to move newly opened windows around manually. I have played with Xfce's Settings->WindowsManagerTweaks->Placement, set the slider to "Large", but the best I can do is to have non-maximized windows placed at the center of the screen (better than nothing, but not exactly what I want). I want upper-right.

Is there a way to do this using wmctrl or devilspie? I have heard of these two utilities, but have not used either one personally. It would be nice if I could have a general setup to cover all newly created windows, but if a unique setup has to be created for every different application window, so be it.
 
Old 08-14-2014, 01:06 PM   #2
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i fear that xfwm (xfce window manager) is not tweakable in this way, at least not without a tool like wmctrl.

wmctrl has an option
Code:
-e <MVARG>
Resize and move a window that has been specified with a -r action according to the <MVARG> argument.
it should be possible to do sth with that.

usually positioning geometry starts with 0,0 in the top left corner - sometimes it's possible to use negative values to start counting from the opposite side, so -0,-0 might or might not refer to the bottom right corner.

you might want to consider moving your launchers to the right side of the screen.

or use a different window manager - it's not too difficult to change them in xfce.
 
  


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