You can also make WindowManager send keystrokes or mouse-clicks to a program when its window is opened, run additional programs and other advanced actions.

The window handling is fully customizable and you can set up special rules for your favorite or most frequently used windows. WindowManager even allows you to lock the position and size of any window, so that it will always open at the same spot no matter where you move it. This is where WindowManager steps in and makes sure your windows are placed exactly where you want them every time you open them. Many programs don't remember their position and size between sessions and even Windows Explorer does not restore windows to their last position under Windows 7 or higher. Xfce of course is intended to be used with the xfwm4 WM ( the WM of the Xfce Project) though Xfce allows that to be changed.WindowManager helps you to improve your work flow by remembering and restoring the position and size of your programs and windows.

use fluxbox alone without DE), but again the DEs you have need to be told to use it. Xfce & GNOME will happily ignore the package as they're not configured to use it. That will install the fluxbox package & WM to your system, but it won't be used until you login or tell a desktop to use it. That doesn't change how they interact with specific DEs, nor consequences when a DE is made to work with WM. thus the experience can change when you change WM, but the DE still works ( just may not be identical due to WM change) Again using LXQt as example ( I'm a Lubuntu team member thus know it probably best), Lubuntu code their additional features they add to LXQt specifically for openbox, so if it's replaced - you lose those coded openbox hotkeys etc. I'll also add I've probably only tried 3 with GNOME ( with most my testing related to openbox & GNOME).Īlso note that the features you may expect to work in a DE can change how they operate when you change WM. I really like Xfce, and recall using ~6 WMs with Xfce ( but note I won't have tested all WMs with it I have 5 only currently installed & usually only use 4 in QA) but not all DEs are tested, nor designed to work with any WM LXQt is one desktop that is WM agnostic as the LXQt team put it, ie. Mostly the answer is No you won't run into problems.ĭo note some desktop environments are written & only reliably work with specific ( including a single) window manager.

Instaling WindowManager 10.10.1