Window Menu

VirtuaWin

Window Menu

The Window Menu can be opened by:

  • Clicking the middle mouse button on the window title bar, see Setup Dialog's Enable middle button window menu activation setting.

  • Binding the UI: Open standard window menu command to a hotkey and pressing this hotkey while a window has input focus.
  • Binding the UI: Open compact window menu command to a hotkey and pressing this hotkey while a window has input focus.
  • The window menu is used to control and configure the current window, i.e the window currently with the input focus. The menu contains the following items:

    • Dismiss Window: If the current window is only being temporarily show (for example the window list 'Show' feature was used to display it, also see option On hidden window activation) it will be moved back to its original desktop, otherwise the window will be minimized.

  • Push to Bottom: Pushes the window to the back of the desktop, i.e. under every other window.
  • Always on Top: Toggles the Window ‘Always on top’ property which keeps the window above other windows.
  • Manage Window: Forces VirtuaWin to manage the current window, this item is only available if the window is not currently being managed.
  • Stop Managing: Forces VirtuaWin to not manage the current window, this item is only available if the window is currently being managed.
  • Always Show: Toggles whether the current window is visible on all desktops or just the current one.
  • Gather: moves all the windows created by the current window's process onto the current desktop.
  • Move to Next: Moves the current window to next desktop; this command will fail if the current desktop is the last desktop and Enable desktop wrapping is disabled.
  • Move to Previous: Moves the current window to next desktop; this command will fail if the current desktop is the first desktop and Enable desktop wrapping is disabled.
  • Move to Desk #: Moves the current window to the selected desktop; the compact form of the window menu puts these items into a sub menu.
  • Edit Window Rule: Opens the Window Rule Dialog with the rule being applied to the current window selected, this item is only available if the current window had a rule applied to it.
  • Add Window Rule: Opens the Window Rule Dialog with the window identification section filled with the current window’s details (i.e. class name etc.), normal only one name is required for identifying the window type so the others should be removed.
  • Note: The new rule will not be created until you Add the rule.

  • Info: Opens a dialog giving detailed information about the current window.
  • Note: The text in this dialog can be copied using standard Windows Control+C key.