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Re: How to start an app from the panel in fullscreen mode?

dummy@example.com (Discodestroyer) — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:09:41 +0000

It doesn't work for me too

Re: How to start an app from the panel in fullscreen mode?

dummy@example.com (Discodestroyer) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:59:56 +0000

Will Xfce have this feature for its own later?

Re: How to start an app from the panel in fullscreen mode?

dummy@example.com (TomE) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:41:49 +0000

have you got wmctrl installed?
If you have try putting it in a script. and running the script from the launcher.

Re: How to start an app from the panel in fullscreen mode?

dummy@example.com (Speaker) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:21:00 +0000

TomE:

Thanks for the suggestion. However, is does not seem to work for me. I cut/pasted the command line you suggested for maximizing to a panel launcher. The xterm window comes up for a moment (*not* maximized as far as I can see) and is closed immediately :-( Any idea?

Re: How to start an app from the panel in fullscreen mode?

dummy@example.com (TomE) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:52:19 +0000

wmctrl can do this

for maximized (what it looks like when you click the maximize button)
"xterm -e mc & sleep 1 && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz"

for full screen (when you press Alt+F11)
"xterm -e mc & sleep 1 && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen"

How to start an app from the panel in fullscreen mode?

dummy@example.com (Speaker) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:05:46 +0000

Hi,

Could somebody, please, tell me how to set up a panel launcher so that the app is automatically started in fullscreen mode? Maybe I am dumb and it is dead simple, but I have read the docs and found no hint. BTW, the app I want to launch is Xterm with Midnight Commander started automatically (command line 'xterm -e mc').

Thanks!