Switching Desktops with shortcut Ctrl F1

[Ich]

I want to switch desktops with Ctrl F1/F2 etc. like in Xfce but don't know how to set it as a keyboard shortcut. Any idea how to do that?

Also, I might be a retard, but where do you change the wallpaper?

[maces]

Hi

1. Have a look at "~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml" you can set shortcuts here.

2. Open PCManFM and have a look at the "Desktop" tab in the settings.

maces

[Ich]

1. I hate editing (often breaking) text files. Is there a way to do it through the gui?

2. That makes my home folder appear as icons on the desktop, which I hate. Is there a way to set a wallpaper and have the icons still invisible?

[Marty Jack]

There is a thing obconf that comes from the Openbox people. That is a GUI for configuring it. I hate using GUIs and like editing text files, so I've never used it.

You can set a wallpaper with other tools without running PCManFM. feh is one that is mentioned frequently.

[maces]

1. For shortcuts in openbox, there is no GUI, AFAIK. You could use "xbindkeys" there is a GUI for it (ugly GTK1 but works). If you use it remember to add it to the autostart.

2. Yes I'm using something like this for a very long time now.

I've written this script:

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#!/bin/bash
# autor: maces
if [ $1 = get ]
then
    new_file=`zenity --file-selection --title "Choose background" --window-icon "/usr/share/pixmaps/gpicview.png" --filename=$HOME/bilder/wallpaper/`
    echo ${new_file} > $HOME/apps/skripts/design/bg/bg
    OPTION_I=`zenity  --title "Setting" --height=210 --list  --text "Choose how you Wallpaper will be set?" --radiolist  --column "Pick" --column "Option" TRUE tile FALSE center FALSE scale FALSE seamless`
    # this set the background with feh (have a look at the manpage)
    # --bg-tile
    # --bg-center
    # --bg-scale
    # --bg-seamless
    OPTION_V="--bg-${OPTION_I}"
    echo ${OPTION_I} > $HOME/apps/skripts/design/bg/option
else
    V=`cat $HOME/apps/skripts/design/bg/option`
    OPTION_V="--bg-${V}"
fi
file=`cat $HOME/apps/skripts/design/bg/bg`
feh ${OPTION_V} ${file}
exit 0

Save this to a file, like "setbg.sh" and make it executable (chmod +x).

Now I've add entires to the menu in openbox:

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         <item label="choose background">
            <action name="Execute">
                <command>
                    /home/maces/apps/skripts/design/bg/set_bg.sh get
                </command>
                <startupnotify>
                    <enabled>
                        yes
                    </enabled>
                </startupnotify>
            </action>
        </item>
        <item label="set background">
            <action name="Execute">
                <command>
                    /home/maces/apps/skripts/design/bg/set_bg.sh
                </command>
                <startupnotify>
                    <enabled>
                        yes
                    </enabled>
                </startupnotify>
            </action>
        </item>

At last you have to add it to the LXDE autostart. I've done it by adding the full path (with scriptname, of course) to the "autostart" file in "~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/", like this:

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...
/home/maces/apps/skripts/design/bg/set_bg.sh
@xbindkeys
...

Hope this helped. If you have any questions, just ask .

maces