icewm-focus_mode(5)

icewm-focus_mode5

Name

 icewm-focus_mode - icewm focus mode configuration file

Synopsis

 $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

Defines the initial value for "FocusMode". Its default value is "FocusMode=1" (Click-to-focus). This can be changed via the menu. icewm will save the Focus menu choice in this file.

Format

The file contains a single line containing the preferences assignment for FocusMode.

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.

See also

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

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

Author

Brian Bidulock <mailto:[email protected]>.

License

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

From icewm 4.1.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.