Icewm: Trying to move taskbar to right

WesLinow · 10-15-2023, 08:20 AM

Hello! I'm new to this site and a novice at using Icewm, I want to move to taskbar vertically to the right. Would someone please help me?

fatmac · 10-16-2023, 03:58 AM

I don't use IceWM myself, however, there will be a configuration file for it, & likely, there will be a line in it that sets its position, you will need to look on your system - unless someone else can help.

EDIT: This may help - https://www.antixforum.com/forums/to...configuration/

(Looks like 'taskbar' is what you want.)

WesLinow · 10-16-2023, 09:22 AM

Hi fatmac, thanks for the advice but I already know that the configuration file exists for it but the thing is, I can't find an option that sets the taskbar anywhere but to the top(TaskBarAtTop). I should have mentioned it earlier but thought that it'd be better if I didn't so I could get more info that way. Sorry.

fatmac · 10-16-2023, 12:17 PM

You could try setting it to the right, possibly, by changing it, some other WMs allow this - haven't tried myself, so make a back up copy of the file in case it doesn't work.

(TaskBarAtRight)

aus9 · 10-17-2023, 06:17 AM

Hi

I am not aware of any horizontal setting
https://ice-wm.org/manual/icewm-11.html

You might be interested in XFCE which has such a setting?

WesLinow · 10-17-2023, 07:57 AM

Hey fatmac, already tried, didn't work.
I guess there's no other way.Thanks for the help though

I scoured the manual as best as I could and found no other relevant setting. I think.

And hello aus9 I'm using LXQt Panel which supports such a setting but then got into icewm because it was lighter than openbox and because of its reputed configuration abilities.

aus9 · 10-17-2023, 08:02 PM

Hi WesLinow

thanks for sharing that.....can you expand on why you need a panel if lightness is one of your intentions?

eg Have you considered conky to display the information you need?

https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky#screenshots

to give some advice it might help you if you show your distrubution (but I don't as I show only my preferred desktop

2) Have you tried Joe's Window Manager?
https://joewing.net/projects/jwm/config.html

WesLinow · 10-19-2023, 09:14 AM

Hey aus9, sorry for not responding yesterday, I reverted back to using the default openbox wm and the LXQt panel, but I will look into conky and Joe's wm. My distribution is Arch.
Thanks for all the help though! You and fatmac...

As for wanting lightness even though using a panel, it was just a minor interest to see how far I can make my old 2006 system run fast and light while still using a good looking DE.