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...
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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...
Use tint2 to theme your Openbox setup
Tint2 is the "standard" panel in openbox. The gui or graphical user interface of Tint2 is a super tool to select the current themes but also a great tool to create new themes. We change and apply some of the settings. All settings you change in the gui of tint2 will...
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...
How to activate polybar on ArcoLinux Openbox
You can use polybar as well in Openbox. The standard panel in ArcoLinux is tint2 but you can replace this. We edit the autostart file in folder ~/.config/openbox. #tint2 & sh ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh & These lines came in with the update of the package :...
How to install polybar and use it on i3 and openbox
Very often I refer to the wiki of Arch Linux but in this case this will be our link to get to know polybar. https://github.com/jaagr/polybar Polybar is an alternative panel or bar to use instead of the bars of i3 or tint2 in Openbox. It provides us with an alternative...
How to deactivate the transparency in i3 and openbox
Compton is a compositor for Openbox and i3. It will take care of transparency and shadows on your system. It 'beautifies' your system. But sometimes you need to take a picture and you rather not see the background coming through. How can I do this? Openbox has a menu...
How to make a static and manual menu in openbox
ArcoLinux has a generated menu out of the box. Any application, that you install or uninstall, will show up or disappear from the menu. The menu is generated with the tool obmenu-generator. What if you wanted to have the original menu.xml back that comes...
How to change the menu in openbox with obmenu-generator
ArcoLinux has a generated menu out of the box. The advantage is that any installed or uninstalled will immediately have effect on your menu. No manual editing required. You can even have a menu with icons if you want to. What if you want to change the menu from...
How to theme ArcoLinux Openbox any way you want
ArcoLinux has an generated menu out of the box. The advantage is that any installed or uninstalled will immediately have effect on your menu. No manual editing required. You can even have a menu with icons if you want to. What if you want to change the menu from...