I get rid of the title bar because it's a waste of real estate, i can do everything with the keybindings (C-w to shutdown a screen, C-q to quit certain apps or just F4, A-F10 to maximize, etc).

To shutdown the apps with just F4 instead of A-F4 (default) edit this file and leave it looking like this:

$ jpico .icewm/prefoverride
KeyWinClose="F4"

C= control
A= alt

I like my taskbar at the top a la Gnome.

In order to get rid of the titlebar i edit the theme in question (ElsberBlue in my case):

$ locate icewm (to find the theme)
$ sudo jpico to edit it:
$ sudo jpico /usr/share/icewm/themes/ElbergBlue/default.theme

and leave the following line looking like this:

TitleBarHeight=0

save/exit
restart:
Win key + Delete + r
that's it!

To have the Elsberg theme, install the app 'icewm-themes'.

FWIW, here are my configurations:

$ jpico .icewm/preferences

OpaqueMove=0
OpaqueResize=0
SmartPlacement=1
MenuMouseTracking=1
ModSuperIsCtrlAlt=1
UseMouseWheel=1
QuickSwitch=1
AutoReloadMenus=1
ShowProgramsMenu=1
ShowThemesMenu=1
ShowHelp=1
TerminalCommand="aterm"
ShutdownCommand="sudo halt"
RebootCommand="sudo reboot"
WorkspaceNames=" 1"," 2"


ShowTaskBar=1
TaskBarAutoHide=0
TaskBarShowClock=1
TaskBarShowAPMStatus=0
TaskBarAtTop=1
TaskBarShowAPMStatus=0
TaskBarShowAPMTime=0
TaskBarShowMailboxStatus=1
TaskBarShowWindows=1
TaskBarShowShowDesktopButton=0
TaskBarShowTray=1
TaskBarShowWindowIcons=0
TaskBarShowCPUStatus=0
TaskBarShowNetStatus=0
TaskBarShowCollapseButton=0
TaskBarWorkspacesLeft=1
TimeFormat="%a %d %b %R"
TaskBarShowShowDesktopButton=0
TaskBarShowWindowListMenu=0
TaskBarShowMailboxStatus=0
NormalTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=10"
ActiveTaskBarFontName="-*-sans-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=10"

$ jpico .icewm/keys

key"Ctrl+Alt+c" aterm
key"Ctrl+Alt+e" xfe
key"Ctrl+Alt+x" xchat
key"Ctrl+Alt+z" xzgv
key"Ctrl+Alt+Print" aterm -e scrot -c -d 10
key"Ctrl+Alt+m" sylpheed
key"Ctrl+Alt+o" opera
key"Ctrl+Alt+f" firefox

key"Alt+Ctrl+KP_Divide" aumix -v -5 # lower volume
key"Alt+Ctrl+KP_Multiply" aumix -v +5 # raise volume

Control + Alt is the same as the"Windows" key, it saves you a stroke.

$ jpico .icewm/winoptions

aterm.startMaximized: 1
sylpheed.startMaximized: 1
xchat.startMaximized: 1
xzgv.startMaximized: 1
firefox.startMaximized: 1
xfe.startMaximized: 1

good luck!

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Nice to see you giving tips here as well macondo.
As I posted on Mepislovers, I already have icewm configured to use the ElbergBlue theme. I think it will go well with the wallpaper too.

How do you get to set the taskbar to the top withouthaving a pref in home ie as a livecd?
Do I edit from /etc/X11/icewm or from /usr/share/icewm/themes...?

TIA

anticapitalista

anticapitalista wrote:Nice to see you giving tips here as well macondo.
As I posted on Mepislovers, I already have icewm configured to use the ElbergBlue theme. I think it will go well with the wallpaper too.

How do you get to set the taskbar to the top withouthaving a pref in home ie as a livecd?
Do I edit from /etc/X11/icewm or from /usr/share/icewm/themes...?

TIA

anticapitalista

Edit the /etc/X11/icewm/preferences (this is the global file).

anticapitalista: i made a mistake, the global preferences are at:

/usr/share/icewm/preferences

sorry, pal