How to remove window borders systemwide?

whiterabbit · 2010-01-17 01:31:44

Hi everyone,

Im new to CrunchBang and Linux in general....

I really freakin' love crunchbang tho because I am poor and all my hardware is from 2003... LoL

Anyway can anyone tell me how to make a permanent config to remove the border from all my windows?

I have no clue where to start...

thanks!

whiterabbit · 2010-01-17 02:11:08

Ok, I just found it....It was in Obconf under Appearance, Windows, uncheck windows retain a border when undecorated... smile

Last edited by whiterabbit (2010-01-17 02:32:25)

pvsage · 2010-01-17 02:16:02

Similar question: Is it possible to have all applications open undecorated?

whiterabbit · 2010-01-17 02:30:07

^^^

Yeah That !!!

pvsage · 2010-01-17 02:44:00

At the bottom of rc.xml you can specify whether specific applications will be opened with or without decorations, but I can't find a global option.

EDIT:

    <application name="*">
      <decor>no</decor>
    </application>

does the trick. This can, however, cause some trouble with programs like Tgif which don't have a "maximize" option in their menus. Also, if you don't have borders, you have nothing to grab onto to resize windows.

Last edited by pvsage (2010-01-17 02:54:50)

whiterabbit · 2010-01-17 04:15:35

AWESOME..thanks, so beautifully minimal...

Yeah I'll just use <decor>no</decor> for terminator,

other apps I'll un-decorate manually as needed. wink

Last edited by whiterabbit (2010-01-17 04:17:53)

kriptoz · 2010-01-20 17:38:33

Gonna tweak it too..

big_smile

pitje · 2010-01-21 15:46:59

pvsage wrote:

At the bottom of rc.xml you can specify whether specific applications will be opened with or without decorations, but I can't find a global option.
EDIT:
    <application name="*">
      <decor>no</decor>
    </application>
does the trick. This can, however, cause some trouble with programs like Tgif which don't have a "maximize" option in their menus. Also, if you don't have borders, you have nothing to grab onto to resize windows.

moving and resizing windows with keyboard and mouse:
moving windows: keep <ALT> and primary mousebutton pressed while moving the mouse
resizing windows: keep <ALT> and alternate mousebutton pressed while moving the mouse

guriinii · 2010-02-21 03:06:53

WOW, this is awesome!

I love #!

iggykoopa · 2010-02-21 08:50:32

Once you get used to having no window borders though you start walking towards the dark path of tiling wm's.....Mwuahahahahaha

guriinii · 2010-03-01 21:39:59

iggykoopa wrote:

the dark path of tiling wm's

wm? Explain please, I'm still new to crunchbang.

FiniteStateMachine · 2010-03-01 21:54:08

guriinii wrote:

iggykoopa wrote:
the dark path of tiling wm's
wm? Explain please, I'm still new to crunchbang.

wm = window manager (what controls and looks after the positioning of windows etc.)
Openbox is the window manager for #! 9.04
xfwm is the window manager for XFCE for example,
and awesome is an example of a tiling window manager (that is, as i understand it, each window is given a set space to appear it, its not floaty like other window managers)

iggykoopa · 2010-03-02 06:00:36

yup a tiling window manager more efficiently uses the space on your screen, I've been using Xmonad a lot lately, but am back to regular gnome for a little while because some java apps and skype didn't play nice. If I can find a way to get them to work better I'll go back, I really liked it.

jmbarnes · 2010-03-02 14:26:57

If you're not quite ready for the tiling window manager but want to get something of the feel check out http://pytyle.com/wiki/Main_Page. Its a python daemon that runs in openbox (and others) that gives you the ability to switch tiling on and off.

I use it on occassion--though I'm more reliant on the "GrowToEdge" feature in openbox which looks something like this:

  <keybind key="S-Right">
      <action name="GrowtoEdgeEast">
        </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-Up">
      <action name="GrowtoEdgeNorth">
        </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-Left">
      <action name="GrowtoEdgeWest">
        </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-Down">
      <action name="GrowtoEdgeSouth">
        </action>
    </keybind>

Obviously if you like using Shift-Direction to select lots of files you'll want to rename the shortcuts.

whiterabbit · 2010-07-02 17:28:30

oops, nevermind, total brain-fart moment...

Last edited by whiterabbit (2010-07-02 18:19:02)

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