Editing the init file

You can edit all Fluxbox's settings with the init file ~/.fluxbox/init. Just open it with any text editor and after you have saved, select reconfigure (reload config) or restart from the menu.

All possible settings with descriptions

from the new man page): screen0 means that these settings affect only the first monitor on your system. If you have multiple monitors, use screen1, screen2 also.

alpha settings

session.screen0.menu.alpha:
session.screen0.slit.alpha:
session.screen0.toolbar.alpha:
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha:
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha:
     These resources are available to the user to set different lev-
     els of transparency for different components of Fluxbox.  Each
     one accepts a value between 0-255, 255 being opaque and 0 being
     completely transparent.
     Default: 255

autohide settings

session.screen0.slit.autoHide:
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide:
     The autoHide resources allow the user to set the behaviour of
     the toolbar and slit. This behaviour can be that they disappear
     when they are not being used actively by the user, or they
     remain visible at all times.
     Default: false

layer settings

session.screen0.slit.layer:
session.screen0.toolbar.layer:
     With these two resources, you can set the layer you want the
     toolbar and the slit to appear on.  Please read the LAYER sec-
     tion for more information.
     Default: Desktop

onTop settings

session.screen0.slit.onTop:
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop:
     A user can set whether or not the toolbar or slit are always on
     top of the screen.  Setting these resources will put the slit
     and toolbar above everything visible in the window.
    Default: False

placement settings

session.screen0.slit.placement:
session.screen0.toolbar.placement:
     These allow a user to place the slit and toolbar where ever they
     like.  Possible options are:
     -   BottomCenter
     -   BottomLeft
     -   BottomRight
     -   LeftCenter
     -   RightCenter
     -   TopCenter
     -   TopLeft
     -   TopRight

maxOver settings

session.screen0.slit.maxOver:
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver:
     Setting these to 'true' will allow application windows to maximize
     over the complete screen.  Setting to 'false' allows the slit and
     toolbar to hold their territory and will always be visible when an
     application is maximized.
     Default: false

session.screen0.toolbar.height:
     Set the height of the toolbar.
     If the value is set to 0, the style file will gain control over the
     toolbar height. It is possible to set a fixed height by changing it in
     init to something >0.
     Default: 0

session.screen0.toolbar.visible:
     The user can set whether they want to have a toolbar on screen at
     all.  Setting to 'false' removes the toolbar from the screen. This
     ultimately depends on whether or not the toolbar was compiled into
     the Fluxbox build. The default is that the toolbar will be visible.
     Default: true

session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent:
This resource sets the width of the toolbar on the screen to integer.
Default: 100

session.screen0.toolbar.tools:
     This resource specifies the tools plugged into the toolbar. Read
     the TOOLBAR section in this manual for a description of each of
     these. Possible tools:
     -   clock
     -   iconbar
     -   nextwindow
     -   prevwindow
     -   nextworkspace
     -   prevworkspace
     -   systemtray
     -   workspacename

slit settings

session.screen0.slit.onhead:
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead:
     For those that have dual head systems, users can set this value
     to the number of the screen where they would like to see the slit and toolbar.
     Default: 0
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical

iconbar settings

session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.mode:
     This value is set in the Iconbar Mode menu.  The available
     options are::
     -   All Windows
     -   Icons
     -   None
     -   Workspace
     -   WorkspaceIcons

session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap:
     This is also set in the Iconbar Mode menu.  When set to 'true'
     this will show the native icon of applications.
     Default: true

session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Current
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment:
     This value should be changed in the Iconbar Mode menu.
     Available options:
      -   Left: Fixed width, aligned left
      -   Relative
      -   Right: Fixed width, aligned right
     Default: Relative

session.screen0.iconbar.clientWidth:
Used to specify the iconbar button width for Left/Right alignment.
Default: 0

tab settings

session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.width: 64

window edge snapping / snap to

session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold:
     When moving a window across your screen, Fluxbox is able to have it
     "snap" to the edges of the screen and windows for easy placement. This variable
     tells Fluxbox the distance (in pixels) at which the window will jump
     to the edge.
     Default: 0

misc fluxbox settings

session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
     Other values are Quadrant and Center.
session.screen0.focusModel: ClickToFocus
     The Other value is MouseFocus which allows the focus to follow the
     mouse leaving the window level in the same location.
     (The man page calls this SloppyFocus (like twm))
session.screen0.autoRaise:
session.screen0.clickRaises:
session.screen0.workspacewarping:
     Setting this variable to 'true' allows the user to drag a window
     from one workspace to the next.
     Default: true
session.screen0.showwindowposition:
     Setting this resource to 'true' shows the user, in a little window,
     the exact position of the application window while the user is
     dragging it. Allows a precise placement of windows on a screen.
     Default: true

session.screen0.decorateTransient:
session.screen0.showposinsidewindow:
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows:
session.screen0.workspaceNames: workspace1, workspaceN
     Here is where the user can name their workspaces. However it is
     recommended to use the tool available in the Configuration Menu to
     set these.
     Default: one, two, three, four

session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.screen0.strftimeFormat:
     This adjusts the way the current time is displayed in the tool-
     bar.  The strftime(3) format is used.
     Default: %I:%M %p     This value sets the delay (in milli-sec) that you would like the
     menu to remain visible after you've clicked out of it.
     Default: 0

session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement | ColSmartPlacement | CascadePlacement | UnderMousePlacement
This value defines the way new opened windows will be placed.
Default: RowSmartPlacement

session.screen0.fullMaximization:
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping:
session.screen0.imageDither:

session.screen0.opaqueMove:
     Sets the visibility level of application windows while being
     dragged.
     Default: false

session.screen0.menuDelay:
session.screen0.workspaces:
Set this to the number of workspaces the users wants.
Default: 4

session.screen0.focusLastWindow:
session.screen0.windowMenu:

session.appsFile:
session.groupFile:
session.keyFile:
session.menuFile:
session.slitlistFile:
session.styleFile:
     All of these resources require a pathname to their specific
     requests.This is where you can specify different files. Most of
     the defaults will be located in the users ~/.fluxbox directory.

session.autoRaiseDelay:
     Adjusts the delay (in milli-sec) before focused windows will raise
     when using the Autoraise option.
     Default: 250

session.cacheLife:
     This tells Fluxbox how long (in minutes) unused pixmaps may stay in
     the X server's memory.
     Default: 5

session.cacheMax:
     This tells Fluxbox how much memory (in Kb) it may use to store
     cached pixmaps on the X server. If your machine runs short of
     memory, you may lower this value.
     Default: 200

session.colorsPerChannel:
     This tells Fluxbox how many colors to take from the X server on
     pseudo-color displays.  A channel would be red, green, or blue.
     Fluxbox will allocate this variable ^ 3 and make them always
     available. Value must be between 2-6. When you run Fluxbox on an
     8bpp display, you must set this resource to 4.
     Default: 4

session.doubleClickInterval:
     Adjust the delay (in milli-sec) between mouse clicks for Fluxbox
     to consider a double click.
     Default: 250

session.forcePseudoTransparency:
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.iconbar:
     Set this value to 'true' or 'false' to enable or disable Fluxbox
     using the toolbar to display iconified windows.
     Default: true

session.ignoreBorder:
session.imageDither:
     Set 'true or 'false', respectively, to enable or disable dithering
     of images. Only necessary on systems with small colour depths (8bpp
     or less).
     Default: false

session.numLayers: 13
session.opaqueMove:
     When moving a window, setting this to `' will draw the window
     contents as it moves (this is nasty on slow systems). If 'false' it
     will only draw an outline of the window border.
     Default: true

session.tabs:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.tabsAttachArea: Window

session.screen0.titlebar.left: Stick
session.screen0.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
You can choose what buttons are visible in the titlebar and on which side.
Possible buttons are Stick, Menu, Shade, Minimize, Maximize and Close.

session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.useMod1:

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