wmctrl
wmctrl is a command used to control windows in EWMH and NetWM compatible, X Window, window manager. Some of its common operations are list, resize, and close window. It also has the ability to interact with virtual desktops, and give information about the window manager. wmctrl is a command line program, however it has some functions that allow the mouse to select a window for an operation.[1]
Operations
wmctrl operations[1]
- List all desktops
- List all windows
- Switch desktop of a window
- Close window
- Resize window
- Move window
- Set window's icon name
- Set window title
- Add, remove, or toggle windows properties
- modal
- sticky
- maximized_vert
- maximized_horz
- shaded
- skip_taskbar
- skip_pager, hidden
- fullscreen
- above
- below
- Move window to another desktop
- Change geometry (common size) of desktops
- Display information about the window manager
- Change number of desktops
Compatible window managers
Compatible, or mostly compatible, window managers[2]
- Blackbox >= version 0.70
- IceWM
- KWin (the default WM for KDE)
- Metacity (the default WM for GNOME 2, replaced by Mutter in GNOME 3[3])
- Openbox >= 3 (the default WM of Lubuntu)
- sawfish
- FVWM >= 2.5
- waimea
- PekWM
- enlightenment >= 0.16.6
- Xfce >= 4
- Fluxbox >= 0.9.6
- matchbox
- Window Maker >= 0.91
- compiz
- Awesome
- wmfs
- Xmonad
- Qubes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 man wmctrl(1)
- ↑ wmctrl Home page
- ↑ Koen Vervloesem (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3".
External links
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