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<sect2 id="gimp-prefs-window-management">
<title>Window Management</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>Dialogs</primary>
<secondary>Preferences</secondary>
<tertiary>Window management</tertiary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>Image Windows</primary>
<secondary>Basic settings</secondary>
</indexterm>
<figure>
<title>Window Management Preferences</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="images/preferences/prefs-window-management.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
This page lets you customize the way windows are handled in GIMP. You
should note that GIMP does not manipulate windows directly, instead it
sends requests to the window manager (i. e., to Windows if you are running
in Windows; to Metacity if you are running in a standard Gnome setup in
Linux; etc). Because there are many window managers, and not all of them
are well behaved, it cannot be guaranteed that the functions described
here will actually work as described. However, if you are using a modern,
standards-compliant window manager, they ought to.
</para>
<sect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<title>Window Manager Hints</title>
<varlistentry>
<term>Window type hints for the toolbox and the docks</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The choices you make here determine how the Toolbox, and the docks
that hold dialogs, will be treated. You have three possibilities
for them:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
If you choose <guilabel>Normal Window</guilabel>, they will
be treated like any other windows.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If you choose <guilabel>Utility Window</guilabel>, the
reduce button in the title bar is absent and the docks will
remain permanently on your screen.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Utility window title bar</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="images/preferences/normal-title-bar.png" />
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>
Normal title bar
</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="images/preferences/utility-title-bar.png" />
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>
The title bar in a utility window
</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If you choose <guilabel>Keep above</guilabel>, they will be
kept in front of every other window at all times.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Note that changes you make here will not take effect until the
next time you start <acronym>GIMP</acronym>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>Focus</title>
<varlistentry>
<term>Activate the focused image</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Normally, when you focus an image window (usually indicated by a
change in the color of the frame), it becomes the <quote>active
image</quote> for GIMP, and therefore the target for any
image-related actions you perform. Some people, though, prefer
to set up their window managers such that any window entered by
the pointer is automatically focused. If you do this, you
may find that it is inconvenient for focused images to
automatically become active, and may be happier if you uncheck
this option.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<title>Window Positions</title>
<varlistentry>
<term>Save window positions on exit</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If this option is checked, the next time you start GIMP,
you will see the same set of dialog windows, in the same
positions they occupied when you last exited.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Save Window Positions Now</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This button is only useful if "Save window positions on exit" is
unchecked. It allows you to set up your windows they way you like,
click the button, and then have them come up in that arrangement
each time you start GIMP.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Reset Saved Window Positions to Default Values</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If you decide that you are unhappy with the arrangement of windows
you have saved, and would rather go back to the default
arrangement than spend time moving them around, you can do so by
pressing this button.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
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