[Fluxbox-users] Resize windows like MS Windows

[Rohit Haldipur]

I'd like to resize the windows like it is done in
​​
MS Windows 7 and
above.
Mod4 Up :Maximize
Mod4 Left :MacroCmd {ResizeTo 638 100%} {MoveTo 0 * Left}
{MaximizeVertical}
Mod4 Right :MacroCmd {ResizeTo 638 100%} {MoveTo 0 * Right}
{MaximizeVertical}
Mod4 Down :ResizeTo 638 50%
But it would be nice to have `Mod4 Down` to resize and move the window
back to its original size and position.
Any ideas?

​
Hey Thomas,

It didnt take too long to discover `xdotool` is *the* tool for the job.
I've written a script around it that mostly does the job. Since it doesn't
contain fluxbox-specific script, I'd reckon it would work just as well (or
badly) with any other window manager.

I've put it up here for anyone interested
https://github.com/rohit-h/window-resizer/blob/master/resizer.sh

Do report bugs/improvements. I'm interested to see what use cases others
might have.


Cheers​!

Rohit​

[Bob Hepple]

Nice idea! but I think there are a couple of gotcha's - things that plague
any kind of scripting approach to this (as opposed to having built-in
functionality in the WM).

o it doesn't understand multiple monitors
o it doesn't take struts (slit/toolbars) into account
o it doesn't always get the right window for 'restore'

I've struggled with these things for a while myself and while I haven't
tried to copy the windows behavior, I have some scripts that I find useful
in fluxbox and other EWMH-compatible window managers - I've been able to
get them to work on KDE and gnome.

Note that instead of xdotool I use the older wmctrl utility.

There's a bit of a description here:
http://bhepple.com/doku/doku.php?id=fluxbox

I'm pretty sure you could cobble together something to do what you want
using the routines in xwin-utils etc - the downloads are here:
http://bhepple.com/doku/doku.php?id=fluxbox#downloading

Cheers


Bob

I'd like to resize the windows like it is done in

​​
MS Windows 7 and
above.
Mod4 Up :Maximize
Mod4 Left :MacroCmd {ResizeTo 638 100%} {MoveTo 0 * Left}
{MaximizeVertical}
Mod4 Right :MacroCmd {ResizeTo 638 100%} {MoveTo 0 * Right}
{MaximizeVertical}
Mod4 Down :ResizeTo 638 50%
But it would be nice to have `Mod4 Down` to resize and move the window
back to its original size and position.
Any ideas?

​
Hey Thomas,
It didnt take too long to discover `xdotool` is *the* tool for the job.
I've written a script around it that mostly does the job. Since it
doesn't contain fluxbox-specific script, I'd reckon it would work just as
well (or badly) with any other window manager.
I've put it up here for anyone interested
https://github.com/rohit-h/window-resizer/blob/master/resizer.sh
Do report bugs/improvements. I'm interested to see what use cases others
might have.
Cheers​!
Rohit​
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