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rzrscm

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Registered: 2010-10-11

Posts: 76

[SOLVED] Problem starting Iceweasel undeocrated...

I'm having an issue getting Iceweasel to start undecorated.  I've done the same thing I've always done on my other computers, but it's simply not working on this one.

I add the following to my rc.xml file...

    <application name="firefox-bin">
      <decor>no</decor>
      <fullscreen>yes</fullscreen>
    </application>

The following work just fine...So it's just an issue with Iceweasel...

    <application name="xterm">
      <decor>no</decor>
      <fullscreen>no</fullscreen>
    </application>
    <application name="terminator">
      <decor>no</decor>
      <fullscreen>no</fullscreen>
    </application>

I changed fullscreen to no for Iceweasel for testing purposes, and it still didn't work (and still started fullscreen), so I want to say that it's an issue with the application name, but changing it to "firefox" or "iceweasel" (or "x-www-browser", which I didn't expect to work anyway) also doesn't work.

Any help with this would be highly appreciated.

Last edited by rzrscm (2012-08-09 01:16:03)

pidsley

Window Mangler

Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 1,752

Re: [SOLVED] Problem starting Iceweasel undeocrated...

I believe the application name is part ot the WM_CLASS property returned by xprop when you click on the window. In the rc.xml file, it says this:

<application name="first element of window's WM_CLASS property (see xprop)"
              class="second element of window's WM_CLASS property (see xprop)"

For xterm, this is returned by xprop:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xterm", "XTerm"

For terminator:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "terminator", "Terminator"

and for Iceweasel:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Iceweasel"

try either "Navigator" or "Iceweasel" (inlcude the initial upper case letter)

Last edited by pidsley (2012-08-09 00:23:47)

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rzrscm

#! Member

Registered: 2010-10-11

Posts: 76

Re: [SOLVED] Problem starting Iceweasel undeocrated...

I believe the application name is part ot the WM_CLASS property returned by xprop when you click on the window. In the rc.xml file, it says this:

<application name="first element of window's WM_CLASS property (see xprop)"
              class="second element of window's WM_CLASS property (see xprop)"

For xterm, this is returned by xprop:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xterm", "XTerm"

For terminator:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "terminator", "Terminator"

and for Iceweasel:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Iceweasel"

try either "Navigator" or "Iceweasel" (inlcude the initial upper case letter)

Thank you...Using "Navigator" worked.  It's odd to me that using "firefox-bin" doesn't work on this laptop like it does on #! on my netbook and Debian with Openbox on my desktop...Probably just a different version of Openbox or something.

pidsley

Window Mangler

Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 1,752

Re: [SOLVED] Problem starting Iceweasel undeocrated...

Maybe it's a different version of iceweasel (you could try xprop on the other machines if you're really curious). In any case, I'm glad you got it working.

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