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# Windows Tabfolder

Figure 3-3. Windows tabfolder

This tabfolder is for managing options for XFwm, the window manager. The behavior of the windows can be tuned by using the following options :

- Click to focus windows : If you enable this option, you will have to click inside a window to give it the keyboard focus. Otherwise the keyboard focus will be given to the window below the mouse pointer. If you move the pointer the focus moves accordingly.

- When Autoraise window is enabled (this option is not available if "Click to focus" is enabled) the windows with keyboard focus are automatically raised, i.e. placed on top of all other windows.

- Show contents of windows during move/resize defines whether the whole window or just an outline shadow should be shown during move/resize operations. The outline shadow (ie if this option is not selected) gives additional informations about the window position and geometry. Please note that opaque move and resize can load your system or your network if using Xfce on a remote X terminal, by causing a lot of window exposure events.

- The title bar of the active window can be painted using a solid or a gradient color. Just select "Use gradient color for active window" to use a gradient color.

- Window border style. XFce provides a number of window themes.

- Set the size of the snap grid for windows. Window snapping is a very convenient feature : When a window is moved such that it touches another window or the screen edge it holds that position for a moment. Using this feature, you can align windows quite easily by just moving them till they hold then releasing them.

- "Snapsize" option also drives the autodesk switch feature. By setting a snapsize lower or equal to 5, the autodesk switch is disabled.

- XFwm automatically arranges the iconified windows on the screen. You can specify where to place the icons by selecting top, left, bottom or right.

- The 3 last fields are for changing the fonts used by the window manager, for titles, icons and menus respectively.

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