Look(1) AfterStep X11 window manager Look(1)

NAME

Look - AfterStep look

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

ButtonAlign

FIXME: add proper description here.

See Also: Look Alignment flags for further details.


ButtonBevel

Specifies the bevel to be drawn around iconified windows.

See Also: Look Bevel flags for further details.


ButtonIconSpacing

FIXME: add proper description here.


ButtonSize width height

Specifies the size of iconified windows. Every iconified
window button will be exactly width pixels wide and height
pixels high. This includes titles drawn at the top, but not
the separate title window created by SeparateButtonTitle. If
either width or height is less than one, that dimension will
not be fixed. The default is ButtonSize 0 0


CursorBack

use with CursorFore setting to adjust color of the mouse
cursor.


CursorFore

use with CursorBack setting to adjust color of the mouse
cursor.


DefaultFrame "name"

MyFrame to use as default for all windows. Note: if you want a
different framing for any window, you need to specify it in
the database file using the Frame keyword.


DefaultStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use when no style has been
specifically defined for a given situation. Note that if a
style named "default" has been defined and DefaultStyle has
not, the "default" style will be used as the default.


DeskBack desk# "name"

Specifies what background to use for desk#. "name" can be
either image filename in double-quotes, or the name of
background definition (see MyBackground definition for
details).


DontAnimateBackground

disables non-blocking root background changing of full-screen
backgrounds, that looks like slow animation. This is
recommended for fast machines.


DontDrawBackground

If specified, will not display background image, use this with
xearth or xfishtank.


DrawMenuBorders 0|1|2

Specifies the look of the (start)menu. Using 0 will draw the
menu with no border on either the menu label or menu item por-
tions. Using 1 will draw a border around each menu label and
around the menu item. Using 2 will drawn a border around the
menu label and the entire menu item list. The border colors
are calculated from the BackColor under MyStyle menu_item of
the look.name. The "hilight" (top & left) color is one half
lighter than the BackColor color and the "shadow" (bottom &
right) is one half darker than the BackColor color. If the
BackColor color is black, the color grey is used.


FWindowStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use for the focused window
decorations.


IconBox left top right bottom

Specifies a region of the screen in which to place iconified
windows. Up to four icon boxes can be defined. If an IconBox
is provided, icons will automatically be placed in them, if
possible. Otherwise, they will be placed in the upper left
corner of the screen. Each time a window is iconified, a new
place is found for it, unless the icon has been moved
manually. An available space is searched for from left to
right, then top to bottom. Icons will not be automatically
placed on top of other icons, but they may be placed
underneath application windows if StubbornIconPlacement has
not been specified. If left or right is negative, then
AfterStep will add the screen width to it. If top or bottom is
negative, then AfterStep will add the screen height to it.
Note that -0 is not parsed as the right or bottom pixel on the
screen. Use -1 instead. The IconBox will normally be filled
from left to right, then top to bottom. However, if the right
edge of the IconBox is closer to the right edge of the screen
than the left edge of the IconBox is to the left edge of the
screen, then it will be filled from right to left. Similarly
for top to bottom. For example, "2 2 -1 -1" will result in an
IconBox which fills from right to left, then bottom to top.


IconsGrowVertically

Specifies that the Iconbox(es) should be filled vertically
first.


KillBackgroundThreshold size

Here size is the maximum number of pixels in root background
image. If image is bigger that this - it will be unloaded from
memory when desktop is switched and image is no longer in use.
Use it on systems with low memory.


MArrowPixmap pixmap_name

Specifies a pixmap to use as the submenu indicator in popup
menus.


MenuBalloonBorderHilite

FIXME: add proper description here.

See Also: Look Bevel flags for further details.


MenuBalloonCloseDelay

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloonDelay

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloonStyle

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloonTextPaddingX

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloonTextPaddingY

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloonXOffset

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloonYOffset

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuBalloons

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuHiTitleStyle "style_name"

AfterStep now allows you to specify a MyStyle to be used for
the titlebar of the currently hilighted menu. AS soon as the
menu goes out of focus its titlebar will be rendered using
MenuTitleStyle.


MenuHiliteCompositionMethod 130-145

This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like
different values :) If you use shades of grey for your item
text - you may not see any difference for some of this values.


MenuHiliteStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use for hilighted menu items.


MenuItemCompositionMethod 130-145

This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like
different values :) If you use shades of grey for your item
text - you may not see any difference for some of this values.


MenuItemStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use for menu items.


MenuMiniPixmaps minis

Specifies whether mini pixmaps should be included in menus. If
minis is 0, mini pixmaps are not included. If minis is 1, mini
pixmaps are included. Note that mini pixmaps will not be added
to menus until the next time menus are updated. Mini pixmaps
can cause AS to take much longer to load over a network.


MenuNoBalloons

FIXME: add proper description here.


MenuPinOn pixmap_name

MenuPinOn is deprecated and AfterStep will reinterpret it, and
it will create new TitleButton using last unused TitleButton
context. It will then assign PinMenu function to this button.
This button will only be shown on titlebars belonging to menu
windows. This button behaves just like any other TitleButton -
for example you can use TitleButtonOrder to specify where it
should go. Problem is you may not know what context AfterStep
had chosen for it. The better way would be to explicitly
define TitleButton, and assign PinMenu to it in your feel.


MenuStippleCompositionMethod 130-145

This is a funny feature - try it and see how you like
different values :) If you use shades of grey for your item
text - you may not see any difference for some of this values.


MenuStippleStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use for stippled menu items.


MenuSubItemStyle "style_name"

AfterStep now includes this new feature: when you select an
item from the menu - this item will be marked as recently
used, and next time the menu is opened it will show all the
recently used items from its SUBMENU. For exmaple you do :

Menu->Applications->rxvt

Next time you open the Main menu, it will display rxvt just
under the "Applications" item with some offset.

It looks much better when this subitems are shown with
different (smaller ) font. To achive that - specify a MyStyle
with asmaller font using the MenuSubItemStyle option in your
look file.

This feature could be turned off or altered by using the
RecentSubmenuItems option in your feel file: set it to 0 to
disable this feature.


MenuTitleStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use for menu titles.


MinipixmapSize x y

Changes the default maximum MiniPixmap size (24x24) to a
user-specified value.

See Also: MiniPixmap, MenuMiniPixmaps.


MyBackground "background_name"

Specifies a background definition. Please note that only
desktops can have different backgrounds - the viewports inside
of a desktop are limited to the same background.

See Also: MyBackground definition for further details.


MyFrame "frame_name"

Specifies a frame definition (window decor in general) and is
covered in the MyFrame section of the documentation. Please
also note that window decor can be defined on a per window
basis if needed in the database.

See Also: MyFrame definition for further details.


MyStyle "style_name"

Specifies a MyStyle definition (which covers text and/or
gradients and/or background pixmaps), which can later be
reused and is covered in the MyStyle section of the
documentation.

See Also: MyStyle definition for further details.


ResizeMoveGeometry geom

Specifies the location of the resize/move window. If this
option is not specified, the move/resize window will be
centered on the screen. geom may be any one of the following:

++: upper-left corner -+: upper-right corner
+-: lower-left corner --: lower-right corner


RubberBand

Specifies the RubberBand type to use when moving or resizing
non-opaque windows. There are 3 styles: 0: the window is
represented as a number of rectangles 1: one rectangle the
size of the window 2: one crossed-out rectangle the size of
the window.


SWindowStyle "style_name"

Specifies the MyStyle to use for the sticky window
decorations.


SeparateButtonTitle 0|1

Specifies where iconified window titles should be drawn. If it
is 0, the title will be drawn at the top of the icon. If it is
1, the title will be drawn in a separate window at the below
the icon. The default value is 1.


StartMenuSortMode number

Sort start menu entries by... 1=alphabetical order, 0=date


SupportedHints

FIXME: add proper description here.

See Also: Supported hints list for further details.


TitleButton button unclicked_image clicked_image

button defines the button location number from 1 to 10 in the
following layout: [1] [3] [5] [7] [9] (title) [10] [8] [6] [4]
[2].

unclicked_image is the bitmap or pixmap to be used during the
static state of the associated buton location.

clicked_image is the bitmap or pixmap to be used during a
clicked state of the associated button location.


TitleButtonBalloonBorderHilite
None|[Left,Top,Right,Bottom,Extra,NoOutline

Defines bevel to be drawn around balloons - replaces
BorderWidth setting.

See Also: Bevel flags for further details.


TitleButtonBalloonCloseDelay milliseconds

Determines the period of time to wait until a
TitleButtonBallon is automatically closed.


TitleButtonBalloonDelay milliseconds

Determines the period of time to wait to show a Balloon after
the mouse pointer is over a TitleButton.


TitleButtonBalloonStyle "mystyle_name"

MyStyle to be used to draw balloon. Note that balloons could
be shaped (BackPixmap 125 and 126 ).


TitleButtonBalloonTextPaddingX

FIXME: add proper description here.


TitleButtonBalloonTextPaddingY

FIXME: add proper description here.


TitleButtonBalloonXOffset offset

Specifies the horizontal offset (in pixels) to use when
displaying balloons.


TitleButtonBalloonYOffset offset

Specifies the horizontal offset (in pixels) to use when
displaying balloons.


TitleButtonBalloons

Turns on displaying of balloons for buttons in the titlebar.


TitleButtonNoBalloons

Do not show Ballons for TitleButtons.


TitleButtonOrder context_sequence

Determines layout of the titlebar. Default is 13579t08642.


TitleButtonSpacing number

Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between each
button of the titlebar.


TitleButtonSpacingLeft number

Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between left
buttons and titlebar.


TitleButtonSpacingRight number

Specifies how much space (in pixels) to put between titlebar
and right buttons.


TitleButtonStyle num

Specifies how much space is put between leftmost and rightmost
titlebar buttons, and the edges of the titlebar. If num is 0,
there is a two pixel buffer the buttons and the edge. If num
is 1, there is no space between the buttons and the edge. If
num is 2 , then distance between titlebar edge and
titlebuttons is determined by TitleButtonXOffset and
TitleButtonYOffset.


TitleButtonXOffset x_offset_val

Determines the distance of the titlebar buttons from the edge
of the titlebar.


TitleButtonXOffsetLeft x_offset_val

Determines the distance of the left block of titlebar buttons
from the side of the titlebar.


TitleButtonXOffsetRight x_offset_val

Determines the distance of the right block of titlebar buttons
from the side of the titlebar.


TitleButtonYOffset y_offset_val

Determines the distance of the titlebar buttons from the
top/bottom of the titlebar


TitleButtonYOffsetLeft y_offset_val

Determines the distance of the left block of titlebar buttons
from the top/bottom of the titlebar


TitleButtonYOffsetRight y_offset_val

Determines the distance of the right block of titlebar buttons
from the top/bottom of the titlebar


TitleTextAlign align

Defines how titlebar text should be aligned - Left, Right or
Center.


TitlebarNoPush

Specifies that the titlebar should not to appear to be "pushed
in" when clicked with a mouse button. This is useful to reduce
video strain or if textured pixmaps that do not look good
"pushed in" are used.


UWindowStyle

Specifies the MyStyle to use for the unfocused window
decorations.


Frame decoration settings have been greately enhanced. It is
now fashioned after MyStyle option and is called MyFrame. It
allows for several named structures, with inheritance and
ability to assign different structure to different apps using
the database.

As mentioned above root background settings has been moved
into look - hence MyBackground and Desk back as look options.

MyStyle has far greater number of BackPixmap types reflecting
new functionality in libAfterImage.

CompositionMethod setting has been added to different aspects
of look.

New options for more flexible placing of titlebar buttons has
been added.

Balloons now support both X and Y offset as well as MyStyle
instead of simple back and fore colors.


3rd Berkeley Distribution AfterStep v.2.2.12 Look(1)