The attributes which can be set are grouped in three tabs:
# <menuchoice>Size & Position</menuchoice>
# <menuchoice>Arrangement & Access</menuchoice>
# <menuchoice>Appearance & Fixes</menuchoice>
Each attribute has additional settings which determine when they're applied and depending on the attribute, there may be an additional argument.
====Parameters====
Each attribute minimally accepts one of the following parameters. Additional, attribute-specific arguments are listed within each attribute definition.
;Do Not Affect
: Unset the attribute.
{{Tip|As rules are evaluated from the top of the list to the bottom, a generic rule can be written to default a certain attribute for all windows. Subsequent, restrictive rules can be created to unset the attribute for different windows.}}
;Apply Initially
: Start the window with the attribute and allow it to be changed at run-time.
;Remember
: Use the attribute setting as defined in the rule and if changed at run-time, save and use the new value instead.
;Force
: The setting cannot be changed at run-time.
;Apply Now, Force Temporarily
: Apply/Force the setting once and unset the attribute.<br />'''Apply Now''' allows the attribute to be changed at run-time. Use '''Force Temporarily''' to not allow the attribute to be changed.
{{Warning|If the rule has not other attributes set, the rule is deleted.}}
====Attributes====
{{Tip|Using <menuchoice>Detect Window Properties</menuchoice> back-fills values for attributes. For example the height and width arguments of the '''Size''' attribute is set to the height and width of the detected window.}}
{{Tip|'''Yes/No''' arguments are used to toggle attributes. For example, if a window's default behavior is to start horizontally maximized and you wish to disable this behavior, specify '''No''' as the argument to <menuchoice>Maximized horizontally</menuchoice>, on the other hand if you wish to force a window to start horizontally maximized, specify '''Yes'''.}}
=====Size & Position=====
;Position
: Position the window's upper left corner at the specified x,y coordinate.
{{Tip|'''KWin''''s origin, (0,0), is the upper left.}}
: These attributes are used to toggle the maximum horizontal/minimum horizontal/full-screen window attribute.
;Desktop
: Place the window on the specified ''(Virtual) Desktop''. Use '''All Desktops''' to place the window on all ''Virtual Desktops''.
;Minimized, Shaded
: Toggle the Minimize and Shading window attribute. For example, a window can be started Minimized or if it is started Minimized, it can be forced to not.
{{Tip|Maximized attribute is emulated by using both '''Maximized horizontally''' and '''Maximized vertically''' or '''Initial placement''' with the '''Maximizing''' argument.}}
;Initial placement
: Override the global window placement strategy with one of the following:
:* '''Default''' - use the global window placement strategy.
:* '''No Placement''' - top-left corner.
:* '''Smart''' - place where no other window exists.
:* '''Maximizing''' - start the window maximized.
:* '''Cascade'''
:* '''Centered'''
:* '''Random'''
:* '''Top-Left Corner'''
:* '''Under Mouse'''
:* '''On Main Window''' - restrict placement of a child window to the boundaries of the parent window.
;Ignore requested geometry
: Toggle whether to accept or ignore the window's requested geometry and ignore the global placement strategy.
;Minimum size, Maximum size
: The minimum and maximum size allowed for the window.
;Obey geometry restrictions
: Toggle whether to adhere to the window's requested aspect ratio.
=====Arrangement & Access=====
;Keep above, Keep below
: Toggle whether to keep the window above/below all others.
;Autogroup with identical
: Toggle the grouping (commonly known as ''tabbing'') of windows.
;Autogroup in foreground
: Toggle whether to make the window active when it is added to the group.
;Autogroup by ID
: Create a group via a user-defined ID. More than one rule can share the same ID to allow for seemingly unrelated windows to be grouped.
;Tiling
: Override the default window behavior to either '''Tiled''' or '''Floating'''.
;Skip taskbar
: Toggle whether to display the window in the taskbar.
;Skip pager
: Toggle whether to display the window in the virtual desktop list.
;Skip switcher
: Toggle whether to display the window in the '''ALT+TAB''' list.
;Shortcut
: Assign a shortcut to the window. When '''Edit...''' is clicked, additional instructions are presented.
=====Appearance & Fixes=====
;No titlebar and frame
: Toggle whether to display the titlebar and frame.
;Active/Inactive opacity
: When the window is active/inactive, set its opacity to the percentage specified.
{{Tip|'''Active/Inactive opacity''' can only be affected when '''Desktop Effects''' are enabled.}}
; Moving/resizing
: ''Deprecated as of >4.8''
;Focus stealing prevention
: When a window wants focus, control on a scale (from '''None''' to '''Extreme''') whether to honor the focus request and place the window on top above all other windows and give it focus, or ignore its request (potentially leaving the window behind other windows).
:* None - Always grant focus to the window.
:* Low
:* Normal
:* High
:* Extreme - The window's focus request is denied. Focus is only granted by mousing to the window.
{{Tip|See '''Accept focus''' to make a window read-only - not accept any keyboard input.}}
;Accept focus
: Toggle whether the window accepts keyboard input. Make the window read-only.
;Ignore global shortcuts
: Toggle whether to ignore global shortcuts while the window is active.
; Closeable
: Toggle whether to display the '''Close''' button on the title bar.
{{Tip|A terminal window may still be closed by the end user by ending the shell session however using '''Accept focus''' to disable keyboard input will make it more difficult to close the window.}}
; Window type
: Change the window to another type and inherit the characteristics of that window:
:* Normal Window
:* Dialog Window
:* Utility Window
:* Dock (panel)
:* Toolbar
:* Torn-Off Menu
:* Splash Screen
:* Desktop
:* Standalone Menubar
; Block compositing
: Toggle whether to disable compositing while the window ''exists''. If compositing is enabled and the rule specifies to disable compositing, once the window exists, compositing will be re-activated.
Revision as of 16:45, 1 March 2012
Overview
KWin allows the end-user to define rules to alter the behavior of an application's windows.
For example, when an application is started, it can be forced to always run on Virtual Desktop #2. Or a defect in an application can be worked-around by using a rule to, say, always force the window on top of all others.
This page will define the different settings and the attributes. For the impatient folks, working examples will be listed. Whenever possible, screen shots will be used to show example settings.
As the name implies, Window matching is used to specify criteria to match one or more windows. The other three tabs are used to alter the characteristics of the matching windows.
Rule Evaluation
When an application starts (or the rules are modified), KWin evaluates the rules from the top of the list until either a matching rule is found or the list is exhausted. If a rule matches, the attributes set in the rule are applied to the window and the window is displayed.
Tip
When creating multiple rules for an application, list the rules with more restrictive matching criteria first.
Window Matching
Each window rule has user-specified Window Matching criteria. KWin uses the information to determine whether the rule is applicable.
