How to hide my ButtonDock with a KeyBinding???

Configuration General Questions
1

I´m very new to fvwm, so i hope soeone can help me.

I wanna use to make my ButtonDock hide when i middleklick the Desktop. Sois there a function, or something that can handle this?

Something like this :smiley:

Mouse 2 R A <function that hides my ButtonDock>

2

Perhaps. Have a look at the FAQ, specifically: (http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#7.17)]#7.17 – I suspect though you can ignore that in favour of doing:

Style <whatever> !Title, !Borders, Sticky

and then bind a mouse-binding such that:

[code]Mouse 2 R A Function hidebuttons

AddToFunc hidebuttons

  • I All (CurrentDesk, !Transient) ThisWindow (“some_window”) WindowShade toggle[/code]

HTH,

– Thomas Adam

3

Thank you thomas.

I found what i was searching for in fvwm-crystal :blush:
I´m using soe other functions of it. very nice and usefull.

4

Thank you, Thomas. I found your tip with the “search” feature and found it very useful.
Do you know if it’s possible to make a window unhide when a key is pressed and hide when the same key is not pressed?
Let me clarify:
This is the right-bottom corner of my screen:

Now I put this code in my .fvwm2rc:

[code]Key Alt_L A C Function hidebuttons

AddToFunc hidebuttons

  • I All (CurrentDesk, !Transient) ThisWindow (“FvwmPager”) WindowShade SE
  • I All (CurrentDesk, !Transient) ThisWindow (“FvwmWinList”) WindowShade SE
    [/code]

And when I press Ctrl+Alt the FvwmPager and the FvwmWinList show up:

Pressing the same key again, they disappear, and so on.

Is there a way to make them show up when Ctrl+Alt are pressed and disappear when Ctrl+Alt are not pressed?
Thanks.

Franco1 (from Rome)

P.S.: Compliments to the developers of Fvwm. For me it’s one of the three killer applications of Linux.

5

You’re welcome.

If you mean so that it works when the keys are held down, and then hides when they are released, then no. This was tried for a while, but it was too iffy, and didn’t work. They “KeyUp” / “KeyDown” reaction times are no longer in FVWM.

That said, assuming you’re after a certain delay, you might find the following useful:

fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#3.27

Although it doesn’t do exactly what you’re after, alas.

:slight_smile:

– Thomas Adam

6

Thanks! I didn’t thought of that solution. It works as good as what I had in mind.
I changed the function in this:

Franco1