minimize button?

[dave]

Is there a way to get a minimize button onto a yad dialog window?

I use yad for reminders a lot and I'd like to be able to minimize the window but not close it until I've done the reminder.

I searched the man page for "minimize" but didn't find anything.


thanks,
Dave

[Victor Ananjevsky]

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this is a window manager task. you mas set unique id for dialog with --name or --class option and set a wm rule for this window

for example, for fvwm that will be next config snippet

Style MyYadDialog !Button 2, !Button 6

and when yad runs with --name=MyYadDialog option, the dialog window will have only minimize button

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[dave]

thanks,

I was hoping to stick with xfce or cinnamon.  Do you know of any way to do a similar thing with them (off the top of your head)?


I've looked for a way to do it with muffin (the window manager in cinnamon) but haven't found anything yet.  I'll try looking for the same thing with xfwm4.

thanks,
Dave

[dave]

there's a thing in xfce called gnome-tweak-tool that allows you to middle click any window title bar to minimize it, and it works with any window, but not yad generated windows :(

Is there a way to force the dialog to "become a normal type window" so this would work?

[dave]

for anyone who also needs a solution to this, here's what I did that works great:
using the program easystroke I added a command:

xdotool windowminimize $(xdotool getactivewindow)

to the gesture of dragging the right mouse button down over the yad dialog I wanted minimized


works great!

[Slavko]

IMO, it the minimize button is missing, because the yad window has
window type:

WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG

I am using under the XFCE (for another windows) the devilspie, which
allows change this property. It must work for yad too.

regards

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[dave]

Thanks!

Just thought I'd share what specifically worked for me:

(if (contains (window_name) "YAD") (focus) (wintype "normal"))

thats the text in Yad.ds in the .devilspie folder. 
(You wouldn't have to include the (focus) part if you don't want all your dialogs coming up in focus.)