WinTabs(1x)

✨ NAME ✨

WinTabs — the AfterStep module for arranging windows using tabs, and yes this is the WinTabs(1x) page from the AfterStep X11 window manager, hi bestie 💖

it takes your windows and arranges them into tabs so your desktop stops looking like an unsorted camera roll 😭. that's the whole concept and honestly? iconic. 🦋

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🎀 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 🎀

okay so this is the whole menu of knobs you can turn. some of them have real descriptions, some of them are literally just the word FIXME in a trench coat, and we respect the honesty 💀 let's go one by one, no skipping, we don't do skipping here.

the balloon situation 🎈

• BalloonBorderHilite — defines the bevel that gets drawn around balloons 🎀. heads up: this one replaces the BorderWidth setting, so don't set both and act surprised. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• BalloonCloseDelay number — how long, in milliseconds, to delay the balloon disappearing when you leave the window with your mouse 🌬️. number = milliseconds, that's the unit, periodt.
• BalloonDelay number — how long, in milliseconds, to delay the balloon appearing in the first place ⏳. it's a little shy, give it a sec.
• BalloonStyle MyStyle — which MyStyle gets used to draw the balloon 🎨. note that balloons could be shaped — BackPixmap 125 and 126 if you're feeling fancy.
• BalloonTextPaddingX size — the width of the border around the text inside balloons ↔️.
• BalloonTextPaddingY size — the height of the border around the text inside balloons ↕️.
• BalloonXOffset offset — the horizontal offset, in pixels, to use when displaying balloons 🫶.
• BalloonYOffset offset — the vertical offset, in pixels, to use when displaying balloons 🙈.
• Balloons — turns the balloon feature on 💅. a "balloon" is the little thing that pops up showing the name of the button the pointer is resting on in the WinTabs. it's the hover tooltip's cooler cousin, fr fr.
• NoBalloons — do not show Balloons in WinTabs 🚫🎈. the anti-balloon agenda.

the grouping era 🧚

• GroupNameSeparator — when you set this, it's a substring that separates the group name from the rest of the name while doing tab grouping ✂️. See also: GroupTabs option.
• GroupTabs — when set, it makes WinTabs attempt to group tabs together if the beginning or the end of the name is the same 🫂. See also: GroupNameSeparator.

the styles + bevels corner 💜

• Bevel — the manual says, and I quote: FIXME: add proper description here. 💀 no description yet bestie. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• FBevel — FIXME: add proper description here. 🙈 still a mystery. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• FocusedBevel — FIXME: add proper description here. 😭 the Focused one is right there in the name and yet. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• SBevel — FIXME: add proper description here. 🍓 unexplained. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• StickyBevel — FIXME: add proper description here. ✨ same energy. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• UBevel — FIXME: add proper description here. 🌸 no thoughts. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• UnfocusedBevel — FIXME: add proper description here. 💅 the counterpart to the other one, presumably, but the docs aren't saying. See Also: Bevel flags for further details.
• FocusedStyle — FIXME: add proper description here. 👑
• MyStyle — FIXME: add proper description here. 🎀 See Also: MyStyle definition for further details.
• StickyStyle — FIXME: add proper description here. 🦋
• UnfocusedStyle — FIXME: add proper description here. 🌈

the composition method crew 🧪

• CompositionMethod — FIXME: add proper description here. 🔥
• FCompositionMethod — FIXME: add proper description here. ⭐
• SCompositionMethod — FIXME: add proper description here. 💖
• UCompositionMethod — FIXME: add proper description here. 🌸

the sizing + layout girlies 📐

• HSpacing — FIXME: add proper description here. 🙈
• VSpacing — FIXME FOR GOOD: add proper description here. 😭😭 they said FIXME FOR GOOD, that's not a todo that's a whole personality.
• MaxColumns — FIXME: add proper description here. 💀
• MaxRows — FIXME: add proper description here. 💀
• MaxTabWidth — FIXME: add proper description here. 🎀
• MinTabWidth — FIXME: add proper description here. 🎀
• Spacing — FIXME: add proper description here. ✨
• Geometry — FIXME: add proper description here. 📏

the name + matching zone 🔍

• Align — FIXME: add proper description here. 💅 See Also: Alignment flags for further details.
• IconTitle — FIXME: add proper description here. 🌈
• Title — FIXME: add proper description here. 👑
• Pattern — FIXME: add proper description here. 🧚
• ExcludePattern — FIXME: add proper description here. 🚫
• UseSkipList — FIXME: add proper description here. 📋
• SkipTransients — FIXME: add proper description here. 🦋
• AllDesks — FIXME: add proper description here. 🔥

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🚨 real talk bestie: a lot of these options have no description at all — the manual literally just says FIXME: add proper description here. (and one dramatic FIXME FOR GOOD:). so don't go guessing at what they do and then blaming me, okay? i only report what the page says. 💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💅 this one came from 3rd Berkeley Distribution, running AfterStep v.2.2.12, and it's the WinTabs(1x) page 🎀 go arrange some windows, you're doing amazing, mwah 😘✨