Autotabbing Firefox & Thunderbird in Fluxbox

tradetaxfree · posted: 2012-05-20 12:30

One of the main reasons Fluxbox is my preferred WM is the ability to tab windows together.

Add the following to ~/.fluxbox/keys so windows can be tabbed together. I also set the Windows key to open the menu:

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# control-click a window's titlebar and drag to attach windows
OnTitlebar Control Mouse1 :StartTabbing
OnTitlebar Mouse1 :ActivateTab
#Windows Button opens Main Menu
Super_L :RootMenu

To have Thunderbird & Firefox automatically tab together add the following to ~/.fluxbox/apps:

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[group]  (workspace=[current])
 [app] (name=Navigator) (class=Firefox) (role=browser)
 [app] (name=Mail) (class=Thunderbird) (role=3pane)
  [Dimensions]    {775 723}
  [Position]    (UPPERLEFT)    {0 57}
[end]

If you use a different browser / mail client right click the title bar of the application &"remember" the"dimension" or"position" & have a look in ~/.fluxbox/apps for the correct app strings to use.