What is the best way to set the monitor resolution automatically at login?

I can run a xrandr command in terminal after logging in, but I want to automate it.

I tried adding the xrandr script to the end of ~/.profile when I was on a Debian-based distro, but it seemed to cause a delay in session startup. I think the session was starting with the default resolution, and then switching to the custom one. Maybe there is a better file to put that command, or maybe I should put it at the beginning of .profile, or what?

I regularly switch between two languages, each of which has its own keyboard layout.

How do I configure that, and can I get a lang indicator on the taskbar?

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows how to disable window decorations or at least just the title bar from the top of windows. I am trying to save as much vertical space as possible. I know this is possible to do per window with a key bind but I would like to have it turned on for all windows by default. If anyone could help me out it would be very appreciated! Thanks!

I'd like to keep using Fluxbox but given that the last (at least 'official') update is from 2015, I think I should look for something less dead. Shame really, because I enjoy Fluxbox and don't know of anything else like it. But it has some issues, and I don't see those ever getting fixed. Pure madness to let this project go to waste. What else is out there that is a better floating window manager? I may be ignorant about this space, though.

Hi guys, I disabled the toolbar and replaced it with xfce-panel but windows overlap ontop of xfce panel, how to avoid this?

As a temporary fix, I enabled toolbar and set its height to same as xfcepanel, then the xfce-panel overlaps the toolbar

Is there anyone out with collections of old styles? I notice with both Fluxbox and Openbox that the sources for styles and themes on the official sites are mostly to almost entirely defunct. I think it might a good idea for people to submit what they have and create a new resource or archive of them for posterity.

I am a bit of a noob but am willing to learn. On Mx Linux I can use the windows key to open the drun menu where I can start typing a program name and it'll come up. On Antix, that's not an option out of the box. What do I need to do to get this option?

If one edits init file at session.screen0.toolbar.tools: to include RootMenu, it adds a location marked with an arrow pointing right to the toolbar giving you a place to click for the root menu without minimizing all windows to get to the wallpaper. That's a cool thing to have but the arrow is ugly. Does anyone know where the arrow lives and how to change it? Will I need to compile fluxbox from source to change it?

the title says it all...

everything good then i try to play guild wars 2 (straight from lutris)

and the system freezes then crashes

currently running fedora 32(yes i need to upgrade...)

Edit 1: hum does anybody know why? or how to make this not happen thanks

I am trying to save as much space as possible by removing the titlebar or, preferably, mixing them together. I know you can do this with Lxpanel, but its heftier than I would like for it to be.

SOLUTION: Edit the init file's line about decor to have none by default. It is wise to include an option to toggle the decor for the sake of sub windows. On that note, does anyone know how to make it treat dialogue windows (like GIMP levels) different and with decor by default?

Hello

How to create application launchers to the Fluxbox window manager taskbar?

I am trying to modify ~/.fluxbox/keys to make the middle-click to close a window. Right now I can do this over any window tab, whether it is focused or not. | OnTitlebar Mouse2 :MacroCmd {ActivateTab} {Delay {Close} 100}

But I cannot do the same thing over any window icon inside Toolbar, I only can close the activated one. | OnToolbar Mouse2 :Close

The problem is, I cannot find a fluxbox key command to activate the window icon beneath the mouse cursor before I can issue the command :close. I tried {Raise}, {Focus}, and {Activate}, but none of them works. Does anyone know a way to activate the window by middle-click inside fluxbox's toolbar?

I recently installed MX Linux and am using Fluxbox. I'd like to have lock screen quickly when I get up from the computer. Is there a setting manager or something where I can setup a quick hot key? Most distros use the windows key + L to lock screen. I was hoping Fluxbox had something similar default or easily updated. I am a bit noobish.

For the first time I see that there is a FluxBox channel, the last publication more than a month ago, it seems that all have been extinct, I would like to learn how to use fluxbox customizing and configuring, do not tell me that this the handbook, I never knew how to understand the handbook and other publications on the internet, I was confused, greetings!

Hi there! I know our beloved subreddit is kinda 'not active', but I will leave it here anyway: I'm struggling to make my goddammit Freetype render java fonts and got no success so far. As a consequence, java based applications shows a pixelated unregular annoyingly ungly fonts. Could you people help me with some guidance?

My Fluxbox's menu icons pixelate horribly no matter what. What would the ideal resolution for each icon to be? If it will do this at any size what is a good alternative to the built in root menu?

I store the icons in /.fluxbox/Icons, with each line after the command ending in </.fluxbox/Icons/NAME.png>

I have been trying to install new themes, but whenever I do the text color is off. The previews always show light text, but the text on my computer is a darker shade that blends too much with the menu's background color.

The more I use it and understand how flux-keys configuration works, the more I'm convinced Fluxbox is hugely underrated.

For instance:

Mod4 J :NextWindow (Urgent=yes)

will [J]ump to then next window / tab with the Urgent hint set meaning, amongst other things, that when I get a message in Telegram I can jump to it immediately.

Always creating a new browser link in a new window linked to a Fluxbox tab instead of an intrinsic browser tab means rofi can flip between every important open window:

Mod4 D :Exec rofi -show combi

For layouts, I've started using a system where my ultrawide is divided into 9 equal columns - with a small gap between each - and I use a two key sequence representing start-column and end-column inclusive.

So Mod4 1 + 1 is a window in the 1st column, 1 column wide, Mod4 5 + 9 is a window positioned from columns 5 to 9 inclusive.

I had to work a bit to get the correct numbers along with spacing, but these are the combinations for a monitor 3440 pixels wide and the same method can be used for any reasonable width for up to 9 columns:

Mod4 1 Mod4 1 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo  376 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 2 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo  759 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 3 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 4 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 1525 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 5 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 1908 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 6 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 2291 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 2674 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 3057 100%}
Mod4 1 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 0    0%} {ResizeTo 3440 100%}

Mod4 2 Mod4 2 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 3 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 4 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 5 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 1525 100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 6 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 1908 100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 2291 100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 2674 100%}
Mod4 2 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 383  0%} {ResizeTo 3057 100%}

Mod4 3 Mod4 3 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 3 Mod4 4 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}
Mod4 3 Mod4 5 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}
Mod4 3 Mod4 6 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 1525 100%}
Mod4 3 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 1908 100%}
Mod4 3 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 2291 100%}
Mod4 3 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 766  0%} {ResizeTo 2474 100%}

Mod4 4 Mod4 4 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1149 0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 4 Mod4 5 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1149 0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}
Mod4 4 Mod4 6 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1149 0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}
Mod4 4 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1149 0%} {ResizeTo 1525 100%}
Mod4 4 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1149 0%} {ResizeTo 1908 100%}
Mod4 4 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1149 0%} {ResizeTo 2291 100%}

Mod4 5 Mod4 5 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1532 0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 5 Mod4 6 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1532 0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}
Mod4 5 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1532 0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}
Mod4 5 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1532 0%} {ResizeTo 1525 100%}
Mod4 5 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1532 0%} {ResizeTo 2674 100%}

Mod4 6 Mod4 6 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1915 0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 6 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1915 0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}
Mod4 6 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1915 0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}
Mod4 6 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 1915 0%} {ResizeTo 1525 100%}

Mod4 7 Mod4 7 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 2298 0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 7 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 2298 0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}
Mod4 7 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 2298 0%} {ResizeTo 1142 100%}

Mod4 8 Mod4 8 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 2681 0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}
Mod4 8 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 2681 0%} {ResizeTo 759  100%}

Mod4 9 Mod4 9 :MacroCmd {MoveTo 3064 0%} {ResizeTo 376  100%}

I'd like to be able to use ToggleCmd to toggle a windows vertical size between 50% and back to 100% in a particular direction, i.e, Mod4 Up would toggle half height at the top of the screen, and Mod4 Down would toggle half height at the bottom of the screen, but ToggleCmd, MacroCmd and resizing in only one dimension don't seem to play well together.

Is there a sequence of keyboard-only commands that will allow me to move a single tab from one tab group to another?

Ideally I'd want to somehow tag the focused tab on one group, focus on another group, and attach any tagged tabs to the newly focused group, but Ill take any suggestions.

Just arrived at this community. I thought I was a lonely soul in the darkness using Fluxbox. Last post was 3 months ago though... If there is still some one out there, just say hello. Thanks!

Hi all, I've just installed Fluxbox on an old desktop of mine to try and give it a new lease of life. I did run Fluxbox years ago and had all sorts of nice tweaks but it's been so long I've forgotten how I did it all. Anyone know where I can find some good in depth guides as the Fluxbox wiki seems to be defunct now?? TIA

Any time I change from 1 monitor to 2 monitors, no matter the same or different resolution, no matter if becoming tween displays or on extending the other, and also when changing back to just 1, somehow fluxbox crashes requiring a restart.

Actually, someone describes here how to allow remote restarts so that one can possibly script changing the amount of monitors:

https://pseudoscripter.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/restart-fluxbox-off-the-command-line

I'm using lxqt-config-monitor to easy my life when changing the amount of monitors, so no that scriptable after all... I can imagine some ways to still automate the restart after using lxqt-config-monitor. However wouldn't this be considered a bug? Is there a way to prevent fluxbox to sort of crash under such situations?