# MouseBindings(1) Manual Page

## NAME

MouseBindings - FVWM-Crystal Mouse Bindings Reference

## SYNOPSIS

None

## DESCRIPTION

In this file you can find all mouse bindings used in FVWM-Crystal desktop.

## Legend:

    Alt - Meta (Alt)
    Win_L - Windows Left
    Win_R - Windows Right
    Menu - a "menu" key
    KP_ - means that following key is on the numeric keyboard
    LMB - Left Mouse Button
    RMB - Right Mouse Button
    MMB - Middle Mouse Button
    Wheel - The mouse wheel

## The Desktop:

LMB (+ hold)

  If enabled in the preferences, open applications or system menu depending on the recipe in use.

RMB

  Open a terminal window.

MMB

  Toggle the ability to switch desktop pages using screen edge (off/on, defult off).

Alt + MMB

  Hide or show desktop panels.

## Window thumbnails:

Doubleclick LMB

  Bring back minimized window.

RMB

  Open a terminal window.

Alt + DoubleClick MMB

  Close selected window.

## Window:

Alt + LMB

  Raise selected window.

Alt + LMB + drag

  Raise window and move it on the screen.

Alt + RMB

  Lower selected window.

Alt + RMB + drag

  Move window on the screen without raising.

Alt + MMB

  Resize selected window (move bottom-right corner).

## Window’s titlebar:

LMB

  Raise selected window.

LMB + drag

  Raise window and move it on the screen.

RMB

  Lower selected window.

RMB + drag

  Move window on the screen without raising.

MMB

  Shade or unshade window.

MMB + drag

  Resize selected window (choose window edge(s) to move).

Wheel

  Increase or decrease the transparency of the selected window.

## Titlebar buttons:

LMB, RMB, MMB + hold

  Show button menu(s).

### FVWM-Crystal button model:

`| Close B. |----//-----| Arrows B.| Options B.| Maximize B.| Close B. |`

This apply also to the Amiga button model, which is the same but with only one close button on the left.

#### Close buttons:

LMB

  Close selected window.

RMB

  Iconify selected window.

MMB

  Identify selected window.

Alt + MMB

  Destroy (kill) selected window.

#### Maximize button (toggle between new size and default size):

LMB

  Maximize window.

Alt + LMB

  Take the free space (to the next windows).

RMB

  Maximize window horizontally.

Alt + RMB

  Take the free space horizontally.

MMB

  Maximize window vertically.

Alt + MMB

  Take the free space horizontally.

#### Window options button:

LMB

  Minimize the window (or toggle to the default size).

Alt + LMB

  Toggle sticky window mode.

RMB

  Set window in "normal" mode (clears stay on top/bottom).

MMB

  Set window to stay on top.

Alt + MMB

  Set window to stay on bottom.

#### Arrows button:

LMB

  Move selected window to the left (upper) desktop page. Amiga model: Iconify the window.

Alt + LMB

  Go to the left (upper) page with selected window.

RMB

  Move selected window to the right (lower) desktop page.

Alt + RMB

  Go to the right (lower) page with selected window.

MMB

  Move selected window to the previously active desktop page.

Alt + MMB

  Go to the previously active desktop page with selected window.

### Other button models:

#### Close button:

LMB

  Close window.

RMB (in OS/2 and NeXTStep button model)

  Iconify window.

#### Maximize button:

LMB

  Maximize window.

Alt + LMB

  Take the free space (to the next windows).

RMB

  Maximize window horizontally.

Alt + RMB

  Take the free space horizontally.

MMB

  Maximize window vertically.

Alt + MMB

  Take the free space horizontally.

#### Iconify button:

LMB

  Iconify window.

## Applications panel:

LMB

  Open the menu of selected application group.

RMB

  Launch application which is shown on the app panel.

## Desktop pager:

LMB

  Switch to selected desktop/page.

RMB

  Switch to selected region.

MMB

  Move selected miniature window to a different desktop page, or move outside the pager window to the current desktop.

## Window panel (shows currently opened windows):

LMB

  Go to the window’s desktop page, raise and focus it.

RMB

  Bring selected window to the current page, raise and focus it.

MMB

  Iconify/deiconify selected window.

## Icon panel (shows currently iconified windows):

LMB

  Bring back iconified window on the current page, raise and focus it.

RMB

  Go to the window’s desktop page, bring window back, raise and focus it.

## Clock:

LMB, MMB

  Toggle between date and time display.

RMB

  Toggle between 12h and 24h time format.

## "FVWM-Crystal" button:

LMB

  Open the system menu.

MMB

  Change wallpaper randomly.

Mouse wheel

  Change the resolution using xrandr (only when the button is at the top left corner)

## "FVWM-Crystal" button, Amiga Recipe - Top Desktop bar:

LMB

  Toggle the top bar between dekstop bar and menu bar.

MMB

  Change wallpaper randomly

RMB

  Open the system menu

Mouse wheel

  Change the resolution using xrandr.

## Amiga Recipe - Top Menu bar:

LMB

  Workbench button - Toggle the top bar between dekstop bar and menu bar. Application buttons - Launch preferred application #1

MMB

  Workbench button - Toggle the top bar between dekstop bar and menu bar. Application buttons - Launch preferred application #2

RMB

  Workbench button - Open the system menu. Application buttons - Open the category application menu

## "Switch left" button, Amiga recipe:

LMB

  Show/Hyde the player buttons, the notification area and the application panel.

MMB

  Show pount-gui to mount removable medias (for *kit free systems).

RMB

  Show pmount-gui to un-mount removables medias.

## "Switch middle" button, Amiga recipe:

LMB

  Show/Hyde applications panel.

## "Player" button (not all the players implement all the functions):

LMB

  Open the players system menu.

MMB

  Toggle player GUI.

RMB

  Toggle visibility of QJackCtl.

Mouse wheel

  Change volume up and down.

## "Eject" button:

LMB

  Open the playlist menu.

MMB

  Open the player mixer menu.

RMB

  Open the system volume menu.

Mouse wheel

  Play next or previous media.

## "Play" button:

LMB

  Play.

MMB

  Pause or toggle playback/pause.

RMB

  Show the playback menu.

Mouse wheel

  Change the speed up and down.

## "Forward" button:

LMB

  Open the speed menu.

Mouse wheel

  Seek reverse or forward.

## "Windows" button:

LMB

  Show list of currently opened windows.

RMB

  Show list of currently iconified windows.

MMB

  Place again all windows on the current desktop page.

## "Desktop" button:

LMB or RMB

  Show/hide desktop pager window.

MMB

  Go to previously active desktop page.

Mouse wheel

  Go to next/previous desktop page.

## AUTHORS

Documentation written by Maciej Delmanowski <harnir@berlios.de> Augmented, maintained and ported to asciidoc by Dominique Michel <dominique_libre@users.sourceforge.net>

## COPYRIGHT

FVWM-Crystal and all the scripts and other files coming with the distribution are subject to the GNU General Public License (GPL). Please refer to the COPYING file that came with FVWM-Crystal for details.

## BUGS

Bug reports can be sent to the fvwm-crystal-users mailing list at https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/fvwm-crystal-users/.