Removing Window Decorations

[Biju Chacko]

Jonathan B. Horen wrote:
> If I understand correctly, the original poster is (like me) looking for 
> some way to configure an application so that there is no bulky titlebar 
> with buttons, perhaps even no border.  In my case, I have several 
> instances of xclock in the upper-righthand corner of my workspaces, 
> letting me quickly know what time it is out on the US West Coast, as 
> well as in the Middle East and GMT.  I'm sure that there are other apps 
> where this would be advantageous.  Xmms provides this capability as a 
> built-in configuration option.

xfwm does exactly what the application asks -- no more, no less. So if 
you want an application to be borderless, ask the application developer 
to give you the option.

> If configuring window decoration on a per-application basis would become 
> possible in the near future, an additional facility would also be 
> convenient: adding a mechanism for moving a window using the mouse, 
> other than by its titlebar (Fvwm does this, through a menu which is 
> accessed by clicking-right in the root window).

Alt-Drag will do this.

> 
> Something(s) to think about...
> 
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