Tint2 Help (Page 1 of 14)

I've started using tint2 full time with the new #! install, and I have to say I like it - I thought it was all just looks before, but I really like the innovative way each desktop has it's own area, instead of the usual pager with separate un-ordered taskbar, where you usually have to manually drag the tasks into order to reflect roughly where they are across your desktops.
I'd love it if you could set the active taskbar/desktop to have it's own colours, and be able to right-click tasks and get a window-menu, but anyway good job!

Is this a bug?
I can drag windows over the top of tint2, and also tint2 doesn't offer any "resistance" when I drag windows next to it.  Also, window placement seems to ignore tint2, although you can set a margin in openbox to fix this, it seems having to put the details in two places isn't optimal.  Is this an openbox bug, or is tint2 failing to register itself somehow, I'm not sure how it should work?

Last edited by jackbang (2009-07-11 00:54:32)

How do I, for lack of better words, "add" more to the system tray? When Tint2 fires up all I have showing in the systray is my network monitor and clipboard; I would like to insert the others that I used under LXpanel, namely the volume control and menu applet. I've seen others screenies that show multiple items in their systrays and cannot figure out from looking at the tint2rc what needs to be done.

*this is under #! 8.10

Last edited by SmashedGlass (2009-07-12 14:01:32)

ah, i see. thanks.
it may actually be just as easy for me to just call up my lxpanel with the run dialogue when i need to; i only really need the menu applet to..well...help me edit my obmenu

nm-applet should appear in Tint2's systray which can be configured in /home/username/.config/tint2/tint2rc. Tint 2 doesn't have a pager but a multi-desktop setup is just as effective. There are several examples of mutli-desktop configurations in the config thread.

Another feature request, I don't know if these are possible.
I'd like to right-click on a task, and have the window menu popup (move, resize, close, etc), as I mentioned above.
And also right-click on a blank piece of task bar would bring up the openbox main menu - at the moment with a maxiized windown, you can only get the main menu from keyboard shortcut, or by switching to a desktop with some exposed root window.

in tint2rc config you have an option witch allow to get openbox menu when right click in panel padding.
check those parameters:

so you have 10 pixels on left and right of the panel where openbox menu can popup even with maximized window.

omns, oops, I misread your announcement in the 1st post, that you were involved in tint2 in some way.  Thanks for the link.

thil77, thanks that's very useful.  should be easy to extend this to do the same as an option when you rightclick a taskbar background, or even in the panel background, if you have big padding around your taskbars.

Yup, here we go, tint2.c, line 143, looks like it might be hackable:

if (wm_menu) {
                if ((panel_horizontal && (e->xbutton.x < panel->area.paddingxlr || e->xbutton.x > panel->area.width-panel->area.paddingxlr || e->xbutton.y < panel->area.paddingy || e->xbutton.y > panel->area.paddingy+panel->g_taskbar.height)) || (!panel_horizontal && (e->xbutton.y < panel->area.paddingxlr || e->xbutton.y > panel->area.height-panel->area.paddingxlr || e->xbutton.x < panel->area.paddingy || e->xbutton.x > panel->area.paddingy+panel->g_taskbar.width))) {
                        // forward the click to the desktop window (thanks conky)

Maybe have wm_menu 1=padding only, 2=padding and panel only, 3=anything except a task - or something along those lines.

Plus, the bit that has the options for clicking on a task just reads mouse button numberes.  titl-wheel left/right to move a task to previous/next desktop anyone?

Last edited by jackbang (2009-07-14 23:20:17)

@ jackbang
thanks for the feedback

but it's better to keep this post on the subject 'Help'.
if you want enhancement to tint2, post it on http://code.google.com/p/tint2/issues/list

How do I replace tint2 with bmpanel, which I have? I have two monitors, both at 1024x768, by the way..

Also what do I do in the future incase I don't like bmpanel and want to use something else?

I did that but my otherscreen doesn't have a panel too. How do I add one for my other screen?

Also I use this script to enable dual screens when I start up:
xrandr --auto --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 --right-of DVI-0

How do I make this autostart?

Last edited by RocketLauncher (2009-07-17 19:43:47)

Thanks.

I'm wondering where I could get some tint2 themes? Maybe I don't have to switch to anything at all if I find a good theme

hrmmm.. is it possible to force full screened windows to appear above tint2?

currently when i select to full screen any application it does not actually full screen, it stops at the tint bar. but when i manually move or resize a window i can make it use the full vertical span of the desktop.