This section describes an example of how you can modify your .Xdefaults file and .mwmrc file to activate virtual panning in mwm. The mwm functions f.pan, f.goto, and f.track_pan need to be bound either to keys or to mouse buttons.
Add the following to your .mwmrc file to use virtual panning.
Ensure that the name of your button bindings match the name given for the resource value Mwm*buttonBindings in your .Xdefaults file.
Buttons MyButtonBindings
{
<Btn2Down> root f.menu GotoMenu
Meta<Btn1Down> root f.track_pan
}
Ensure that the name of your key bindings match the name given for the resource value Mwm*keyBindings in your .Xdefaults file.
Keys MyKeyBindings
{
Meta<Key>Up window|root f.pan 0,-100
Meta<Key>Down window|root f.pan 0,100
Meta<Key>Left window|root f.pan -100,0
Meta<Key>Right window|root f.pan 100,0
}
To set up a menu that lets you quickly switch to different locations on the virtual desktop, code it as follows. You can then restart your mwm application.
Menu GotoMenu
{
Up-Left f.goto 1500,1100
Up f.goto 0,1100
Up-Right f.goto -1500,1100
Left f.goto 1500,0
Home f.goto 0,0
Right f.goto -1500,0
Down-Left f.goto 1500,-1100
Down f.goto 0,-1100
Down-Right f.goto -1500,-1100
}
You can add the following to your .Xdefaults file to keep mwm from moving all your windows back to the visible part of the screen at startup:
Mwm*positionOnScreen: False
Note that it is important to set the positionOnScreen resource to False because mwm automatically repositions all off-screen windows back to the display screen on restart.
To set up a menu to go to preset positions on the virtual canvas, add the following:
Mwm*GotoMenu*numColumns: 3 Mwm*GotoMenu*packing: PACK_COLUMN Mwm*GotoMenu*orientation: HORIZONTAL Mwm*GotoMenu*alignment: ALIGNMENT_CENTER
To ensure consistency with the .mwmrc file, you can add the following lines:
Mwm*buttonBindings: MyButtonBindings Mwm*keyBindings: MyKeyBindings
To prevent the client and icon windows from moving, you can use the following lines:
Mwm*wsm.iconPinned: True Mwm*wsm.clientPinned: True Mwm*iconPinned: True
Where wsm is the workspace manager, which controls aspects of the desktop beyond the confines of the windows actually visible on the screen.