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# Window management

| Note:
| (*) denotes parameters overridden by XFce at start-up.

Table 11-1. Appearance of windows

Command | Description | Example
--- | --- | ---
AnimateWin {On | Off} | Enable or disable a window animation | AnimateWin On
AutoRaise {Yes | No} (*) | Enable or disable autoraise of windows (when FocusMode is set to FollowsMouse) | Autoraise No
AutoRaiseDelay <t> | Define time in milliseconds before automatically raising a window | AutoRaiseDelay 100
ClickRaise {Yes | No} (*) | Enables / Disables using mouseclick to raise a window in focus follows mouse mode | ClickRaise Yes
ClickTime <ct> | Specifies the maximum delay (in milliseconds) between a button press and a button release | ClickTime 150
ColormapFocus {FollowsFocus | FollowsMouse} | Colormap is assigned to the window that has the focus (default) or the window where mouse pointer is over | ColormapFocus FollowsMouse
FocusMode {Click | ClickToFocus | Mouse | FollowsMouse} (*) | Defines focus mode (Click and ClickToFocus are the same, and so are Mouse and FollowsMouse) | FocusMode Mouse
ForceFocus {Yes | No} | In focus follow mouse, may the focus be changed even if mouse pointer didn't move (You should keep this to Yes unless you're running Corel Word Perfect 2000) | ForceFocus Yes
IconGrid <n> | Define the grid used for icon placement | IconGrid 20
Iconpos {Left | Right | Top | Bottom} (*) | Defines the position of the icons | IconPos Bottom
IconSpacing <n> | Spacing between the icons | IconSpacing 5
MapFocus {Yes | No} | In focus follow mouse mode, may newly mapped windows recieve the focus | MapFocus Yes
Margin {Left | Right | Top | Bottom} <n> | Set margin on specified side of the screen that will be free from new windows or maximized windows. With this function you can make sure that a panel or icons will always be visible | Margin Bottom 50
OpaqueMove {On | Off} (*) | Enable or disable showing contents of a window while moving | OpaqueMove Off
OpaqueResize {On | Off} (*) | Enable or disable showing contents of a window while resizing | OpaqueResize Off
SessionManagement {On | Off} | Enable/Disable builtin session management | SessionManagement On
SnapSize <n> (*) | Sets the size (in pixels) for windows snapping. Setting a size larger than five also enables dragging a window to another desktop accross the edge of the screen. | SnapSize 5
WaitSession <t> | Set time to wait in seconds before starting session management (to speed up starting applications at start-up) | Waitsession 5
XORValue <n> | Changes the value with which bits are XOR'ed when doing rubber-band window resizing | XORValue 65535

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