On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 05:14:49AM -0800, Craig wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:26:06 +0000, "Thomas Adam" said:
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 04:23:23AM -0800, Craig wrote:
> > > Is it possible to prevent windows from being placed or moved under/over
> > > a panel such as lxpanel?
> > 
> > Read up on "EWMHBaseStruts" in "man fvwm".
> 
> The panel is reserving space:
> 
> xprop | grep _NET_WM_STRUT 
> _NET_WM_STRUT(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 26, 0
> 
> Adding "EwmhBaseStruts 0 0 50 0" to my config results in windows being
> placed even lower on the screen; however, it does not prevent me from
> moving it under the panel (or over it if StaysOnTop is not set).

Of course.  That area isn't a wall -- you can move windows over it, newly
placed windows aren't put on it.

> Also, firefox will still start up in that area if the second window it's
> restoring is closer to the top of the screen than the first one.

See:  !UsePPosition.

-- Thomas Adam

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