ICEWM-FOCUS_MODE(5)

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ICEWM-FOCUS_MODE(5) — the icewm-focus_mode page, section 5 💅

hey bestie!! welcome to the icewm-focus_mode manual page, from the Standards, Environments and Macros section. it's a tiny config file with huge main character energy. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

icewm-focus_mode — icewm focus mode configuration file

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's where this file can live, in the order the page lists them:

$ICEWM_PRIVCFG/focus_mode
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/focus_mode
$HOME/.icewm/focus_mode
/usr/etc/icewm/focus_mode
/usr/share/icewm/focus_mode

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this file defines the initial value for "FocusMode". its default value is "FocusMode=1" (Click-to-focus). you can change it via the menu, bestie. and icewm will save the Focus menu choice in this file. periodt. 💅

🎀 FORMAT 🎀

the file contains a single line containing the preferences assignment for FocusMode. literally one line. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

the following is my focus_mode file:

FocusMode=2

🌈 FILES 🌈

locations for the focus_mode file are as follows:

  • $ICEWM_PRIVCFG/focus_mode
  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icewm/focus_mode
  • $HOME/.icewm/focus_mode
  • /usr/share/icewm/focus_mode
  • /usr/local/share/icewm/focus_mode

the locations are searched in the order listed; the first file found is read and the remainder ignored. no cap. 👑

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

icewm(1), icewm-preferences(5).

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Brian Bidulock <mailto:bidulock@openss7.org>.

💜 LICENSE 💜

IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See the COPYING file in the distribution.

mwah 💋 — this page is from icewm version 4.1.0, dated 2026-08-06, and it's the ICEWM-FOCUS_MODE(5) page. bye bestie, slay responsibly! 🫶

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