Testing labwc

Changing stuff to get used to the code.

Q.

How to exclude [xdg-shell] from OSD preview. (alt-tab)

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man labwc-config

hit / and search for windowSwitcher

sfwbar and Alt-tab.

Just learned: Minimize to background.

wlrctl toplevel minimize 'state:active'

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Labwc labwc-contrib

No need for wlrctl for that.
This is built in action in both Labwc and Openbox.

 <action name="Iconify" />
           Iconify (minimize) focused window.

I followed this tutorial and now i am running Labwc with Nvidia.

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What i am now facing creating this post is.

Dragging the screenshot to FF window does not work.
I needed to use the buttons to attached this image.

  • From Pcmanfm to another Pcmanfm dragging works.

I think i read something about the dragging issue.

At least one step futher in running with Nvidia drivers.

To be continued…

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Labwc Labwc > labwc-contrib

edit: installed digital font for clock. updated preview.

Nice :slight_smile:
If you want normal window decorations for Firefox, check…
Normal window decorations in Firefox

@muzqs What are your impressions after a few days with Labwc?

Mine are very positive :slight_smile:

But for now, I’m focusing on Openbox for a few days - we have a lot of cool improvements, and it would be good to release a refreshed ISO soon.

In the beginning I had to push myself a bit. Jumping into new syntax.
Mainly because I am so fond of your work with jgmenu etc.

But after fiddling around I am starting to really like it.

Thats one reason I wanted it running on my baremetal nvidia box.
With Qemu i did“t have sound etc. I did“t want to invest in Qemu to fix those things.

  • One thing with jgmenu = It does not close the menu.
    I read that a user created a script with kind of work a round (keybind click close).

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Do you have a link?

You can close Jgmenu also by Esc key.
Jgmenu is for X11…
If I decide to use Jgmenu with Labwc, I will probably implement some kind of ā€œclose buttonsā€ using widgets - but that a long way. I will probably spend the next few weeks thoroughly exploring the foundations of Labwc and programs designed for Wayland.

I did“t made a bookmark of the post. Need some time to look if i can find it again.

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Don’t waste time looking for it, it’s not important at this point. It was probably something like killall jgmenu.

Small update after running labwc with Nvidia.

Labwc runs full functional on my laptop. (intel)

Nvidia seems still have some weird behaviour.

  • Dragging file to let say Geany, not working.
  • Dragging filemanger → filemanger, works.
  • Labwc, config files weird behaviour. (partly working)

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Suddenly most of my bindkeys where not working anymore.

Frustrating weird behaviour. things where partly working.

Then i found a stupid Typo at the top of the xml.

F4<?xml version="1.0"?>

Came there without notice. :exploding_head:

I am checking jgmenu and vis. Replaced terminator for foot.

The weird thing is that some commands from rc.xml are not working.

I have hotkey for colorizer-vis . But wont work.
As other scripts are fine and others not.

colorizer-vis -s

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A lot to say :speech_balloon: after some hours finding out a new workflow.

mabox-labwc Dark-Blue preview and fuzzel command.

Labwc is quick in response. The display is Crips&Clear in colors. Vis runs better than ever.

Fuzzel App Launcher.

fuzzel  --background=212121ff --font Source Code Pro:style=Bold   --text-color=1EE4FFff  3A9E70ff --prompt-color=1EE4FFff --match-color=03FA35ff --selection-color=1E90FFff  --input-color=C5E0D6ff --border-color=1E90FFff --selection-text-color=E7EDF2ff --selection-match-color=E7EDF2ff  --border-width=3 --border-radius=2

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What I experience is that when i move scripts to /usr/local/bin.
They seam to work better.
Some scripts wont allways launch from panel from ~/bin.

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Add this line to environment file:

PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH

After a long break (1.5 years), I’ve been experimenting heavily with LabWC and LabWC + Noctalia for over two weeks now…
I think something cool will come out of it :wink:

I cant remember about the bin. Maybe it had todo for some scripts i needed the full path not the ~. But it 's a while ago. Because I think some other scripts where running fine…

The images you posted on show me desktop, looks really cool. I have no eye for labwc myself at the moment. Really curious about the development of labwc :wink:

I’m trying to put together something that works really nicely.
It’s a lot of work, but the progress is good. I hope I’ll be able to share an early ISO over the weekend. Designed for prototype test pilots :wink:

A new era of Mabox is coming :wink:

Hi guys.

There is a lot of noise lately around Noctalia (v5, they dropped QT). I saw someone who mixed it with Labwc and got a nice, responsive system.

I wonder, @napcok , if that project may have relevance or any advantage in the future of Labwc Mabox.

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