If you like you can switch from one bar system to the next. There are several choices. Here we will switch from the i3status bar to polybar. To start polybar we need to edit the file ~/.config/i3/config and search (CTRL + F) for the word polybar. Open the file with...
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What are your help me keyboard shortcuts
There are many shortcuts build into Xfce Openbox i3 Many of them are the same. So once you know them you can use them everywhere. I want you to know these 3 already now. They are the "get me out of here" shortcuts. Keyboard Shortcuts To Remember SUPER + Escape Kill...
All modules that are available for polybar – any desktop
Icons in polybarThe little icons you see in the polybar are defined by the font awesome-terminal-fonts. Changing the icons could not be easier. Surf to the website and copy/paste the icon you would like to have to your polybar config. ...
Arc-gtk-theme supplies support for Openbox – coming from Nico Hood – fix error
Arc-gtk-theme source on Arch repo has changed from horst3180 to nicohood. Nico provides us with Openbox support out-of-the-box. Horst did not. We can delete this package for the installation to continue. We do not need it anymore now. Thank you Nico for supporting...
Adding jgmenu to your polybar
In this article we installed jgmenu and talked about this new menu called jgmenu coming from this github. We can add this menu as well to polybar. Polybar is an alternative menu you can use on Openbox, i3, Bspwm and so many more. We will now show you how to get this...
How to theme polybar to match an orange wallpaper
Polybar can be used in many desktops. We have already visited : Openbox i3 Bspwm We will need it for other desktop environments we will discover. It can be themed anyway you want. It takes some time to get used to but it can be fun. We learn how to search in the...
Xfce has been updated to have Rofi keyboard shortcuts
OPENBOXXFCEWe have learned in this article that there will be new keyboard shortcuts to add the functionality of Rofi to the Xfce desktop. Openbox and i3 had already Rofi. Without a new keyboard configuration nothing will change. You do not need to follow this...
Rofi is an alternative application launcher
Rofi has always been present for the Openbox and i3 users. As of May 2018 it is also available for Xfce. The application was present on the iso. With 4 keyboard shortcuts we can now start it on Xfce. SUPER + R = Rofi theme selector CTRL + ALT + R = Rofi theme...
How to quickly change the tint2 theme to suit your needs and save it for later
In this video we show you where and how to change the current tint2 theme and just make the bar NOT transparent. I had chosen a non-transparent background for the plank (Numix) and I wanted the same for the bar on the top in Openbox or tint2. Then we save the changed...
Polybar configuration in more detail – general and openbox module
First we are going to take a look at the launch.sh file to start polybar. If you are on ArchMerge 6.3.1 awesome font is installed. You only need to install polybar. If you are on ArchMergeD you need to install them both yaourt -S polybar awesome-terminal-fonts You can...