Bridge window placement?

Is there any way you can reassign the placement of the Bridge window? It's always on top of everything else, which would be fine if it would just stay in a corner where I put it. But nooooo. It always has to go back to the same place. I've looked in preferences but didn't see anything. What am I missing?
thanks!

You have probably switched to compact mode and for that staying on top of
other applications is as per design (I admit, not a very good design...).
You should go out of compact mode using the icon top right in the Bridge
window or the menu view.
If you do have the need for such an option you should seriously look at Mini
Bridge in CS5. Just do a search for Mini Bridge panel in google and find
out for your self.
Here is one from You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o41gGRM_Kh4
I've looked in preferences but didn't see anything. What am I missing?

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Curt Y wrote:
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Sure, let's see...
config
Files {
Keys = "~/.pekwm/keys"
Mouse = "~/.pekwm/mouse"
Menu = "~/.pekwm/menu"
Start = "~/.pekwm/start"
AutoProps = "~/.pekwm/autoproperties"
Theme = "/usr/share/pekwm/themes/default"
Icons = "~/.pekwm/icons/"
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EdgeResist = "0"
WindowAttract = "0"
WindowResist = "0"
OpaqueMove = "True"
OpaqueResize = "False"
Screen {
Workspaces = "9"
WorkspacesPerRow = "3"
WorkspaceNames = "one;two;three;four;five;six;seven;eight;nine"
ShowFrameList = "True"
ShowStatusWindow = "True"
ShowStatusWindowCenteredOnRoot = "False"
ShowClientID = "False"
ShowWorkspaceIndicator = "500"
PlaceNew = "True"
FocusNew = "True"
TrimTitle = "..."
FullscreenAbove = "True"
FullscreenDetect = "True"
HonourRandr = "True"
HonourAspectRatio = "True"
EdgeSize = "1 1 1 1"
EdgeIndent = "False"
PixmapCacheSize = "20"
DoubleClickTime = "250"
Placement {
Model = "CenteredOnParent Smart MouseNotUnder"
Smart {
Row = "True"
TopToBottom = "True"
LeftToRight = "True"
OffsetX = "0"
OffsetY = "0"
UniqueNames {
SetUnique = "False"
Pre = " #"
Post = ""
Menu {
DisplayIcons = "False"
Icons = "DEFAULT" {
Minimum = "16x16"
Maximum = "16x16"
# To enable make separate window have other icon size restrictions,
# for example wallpaper menu found in pekwm_menu_tools, set the following
# for each menu you want to "free".
# Icons = "Wallpaper" {
# Minimum = "64x64"
# Maximum = "64x64"
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Select = "Motion MotionPressed"
Enter = "MotionPressed ButtonPress"
# Enter = "Motion"
Exec = "ButtonRelease"
CmdDialog {
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HistorySize = "1024"
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OnTop = "True"
MaximizeOver = "False"
Placement = "Right"
Orientation = "TopToBottom"
Head = "0"
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SideMax = "0"
mouse
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ButtonRelease = "Mod4 1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "Lower" }
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ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Window" }
ButtonRelease = "4" { Actions = "ActivateClientRel 1" }
ButtonRelease = "5" { Actions = "ActivateClientRel -1" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace Next; GotoWorkspace Next" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace Prev; GotoWorkspace Prev" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 4" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace PrevV; GotoWorkspace PrevV" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 5" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace NextV; GotoWorkspace NextV" }
ButtonRelease = "Ctrl 4" { Actions = "MoveClientRel 1" }
ButtonRelease = "Ctrl 5" { Actions = "MoveClientRel -1" }
ButtonRelease = "Ctrl Mod1 1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise True" }
DoubleClick = "1" { Actions = "Toggle Shaded" }
DoubleClick = "Mod1 1" { Actions = "Toggle Shaded" }
DoubleClick = "2" { Actions = "MaxFill True True" }
DoubleClick = "Mod1 2" { Actions = "Toggle Maximized True True" }
Motion = "1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod1 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod4 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Raise; Move" }
Motion = "2" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "GroupingDrag True" }
Motion = "Mod1 3" { Actions = "Resize" }
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
OtherTitle {
ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "Raise; Focus" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "Close" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Window" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace Next; GotoWorkspace Next" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace Prev; GotoWorkspace Prev" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 4" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace PrevV; GotoWorkspace PrevV" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 5" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace NextV; GotoWorkspace NextV" }
Motion = "1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod1 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod4 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Raise; Move" }
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
Border {
TopLeft {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize TopLeft" } }
Top {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize Top" } }
TopRight {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize TopRight" } }
Left {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize Left" } }
Right {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize Right" } }
BottomLeft {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize BottomLeft" } }
Bottom {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize Bottom" } }
BottomRight {
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Resize BottomRight" } }
ScreenEdge {
Down {
Enter = "Mod1 Any" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Down" }
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Root" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "ShowMenu Goto" }
ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Down" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 2" { Actions = "ShowMenu GotoClient" }
ButtonRelease = "4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Up" }
ButtonRelease = "5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Down" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace PrevV" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace NextV" }
EnterMoving = "Any Any" { Actions = "WarpToWorkspace Down" }
Up {
Enter = "Mod1 Any" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Up" }
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Root" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "ShowMenu Goto" }
ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Up" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 2" { Actions = "ShowMenu GotoClient" }
ButtonRelease = "4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Up" }
ButtonRelease = "5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Down" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace PrevV" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace NextV" }
EnterMoving = "Any Any" { Actions = "WarpToWorkspace Up" }
Left {
Enter = "Mod1 Any" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Left" }
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Root" }
ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Left" }
DoubleClick = "1" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Left" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "ShowMenu Goto" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 2" { Actions = "ShowMenu GotoClient" }
ButtonRelease = "4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Right" }
ButtonRelease = "5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Left" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Next" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Prev" }
EnterMoving = "Any Any" { Actions = "WarpToWorkspace Left" }
Right {
Enter = "Mod1 Any" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Right" }
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Root" }
ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Right" }
DoubleClick = "1" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Right" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "ShowMenu Goto" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 2" { Actions = "ShowMenu GotoClient" }
ButtonRelease = "4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Right" }
ButtonRelease = "5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Left" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Next" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Prev" }
EnterMoving = "Any Any" { Actions = "WarpToWorkspace Right" }
Client {
# Remove the following line and uncomment the alternative if windows should raise when clicked.
ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus" }
# Uncomment the following line if windows should raise when clicked.
# ButtonPress = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 1" { Actions = "Lower" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace Next; GotoWorkspace Next" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace Prev; GotoWorkspace Prev" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 4" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace PrevV; GotoWorkspace PrevV" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 5" { Actions = "SendToWorkspace NextV; GotoWorkspace NextV" }
ButtonRelease = "Ctrl Mod1 1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise True" }
Motion = "Mod1 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Focus; Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod4 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Focus; Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod1 2" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "GroupingDrag True" }
Motion = "Mod1 3" { Actions = "Resize" }
# Remove the following line if you want to use click to focus.
#Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
Root {
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "ShowMenu Root" }
ButtonRelease = "2" { Actions = "ShowMenu Goto" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod4 2" { Actions = "ShowMenu GotoClient" }
# Horizontal movement
ButtonRelease = "4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Right" }
ButtonRelease = "5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Left" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Next" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Prev" }
# Vertical movement
ButtonRelease = "Shift 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Up" }
ButtonRelease = "Shift 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace Down" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 4" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace NextV" }
ButtonRelease = "Mod1 Shift 5" { Actions = "GoToWorkspace PrevV" }
ButtonRelease = "1" { Actions = "HideAllMenus" }
Menu {
Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
Motion = "Mod1 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Focus; Raise; Move" }
Other {
Enter = "Any Any" { Actions = "Focus" }
ButtonRelease = "3" { Actions = "Close" }
Motion = "1" { Actions = "Focus; Raise; Move" }
Motion = "Mod1 1" { Threshold = "4"; Actions = "Focus; Raise; Move" }
I appreciate you looking them over.

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[SOLVED] XFCE - Incorrect windows placement

Hi,
I'm currently having a issue with XFCE's window placement. In the settings panel, under Window Manager Tweaks > Placement, window placement is set to Center for all windows, but this option has no effect. I tried changing it to place windows under the mouse, but it also has no effect on the windows placement. Windows keep opening on the screen corners.
I checked the forums for similar problems, and found some results, but none of the solutions worked for me. Also, those are quite old topics.
[Solved] XFCE - Having Trouble Centering Windows
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This is not a big problem, but I'm kind of picky, so if anyone knows a solution to this problem, please share it.
Best Regards,
Agkel0s
Last edited by Agkel0s (2014-07-14 21:37:54)

Agkel0s wrote:Currently the slider is on the minimum value, and windows of all sizes should open centered on screen.
Shouldn't you actually have it on the maximum value?
I believe the way this works is that the size (or ratio, the option is actually called placement_ratio IIRC and is a ratio of window size vs screen size) you specify here is the minimum to trigger "smart placement." If the window isn't (at least) of that size, then the default (i.e. center or under mouse pointer, as defined below) will be used. So if you want every window to use the default placement, you should set the minimum size for smart placement to be as large as possible. (In fact, I believe with a ratio set to 100 (i.e. slider to the max) it should always use the default placement, regardless of window size, which is want you're after if I'm not wrong.)
If even with the slider to the max you get new windows placed using smart placement, then it sounds like a bug I'd say.
(Also, just as FYI and though you might simply want all windows to be centered, I wasn't happy with xfwm's smart placement myself, you can see this topic for a (IMO) better alternative.)

[Solved] Openbox Window Placement not in Center

In obconf, under Windows, I have:
√ Focus new windows when they appear
√ Center new windows when they are placed
Prefer to place new windows on: The monitor with the mouse
Primary monitor: Monitor With Mouse Pointer
But in the corresponding rc.xml, I have
<placement>
<policy>Smart</policy>

<center>yes</center>

<monitor>Mouse</monitor>

<primaryMonitor>Mouse</primaryMonitor>

</placement>
And the behaviour is this:
Windows try to get as close to the top left corner as possible without overlapping any other windows. This does sound like what "Smart" policy would refer to, but it is not listening to the <center>yes</center> tag.
Last edited by jameh0 (2014-03-22 17:59:40)

drcouzelis wrote:
drcouzelis wrote:it's not hard to patch, so no problem.
I just finished patching Openbox to restore the former random window placement behavior. You can find it here: openbox-git-random-placement
It works but I didn't fully test all scenarios (multi-monitors, different window states, and so on...) so if you find any bugs in my patch or random window placement code please let me know!
Im having trouble discerning what exactly you mean. I could build your version to find out, but the current openbox-git seems to work exactly this way?
I have smart placement and center set. When I open a new window on a blank workspace, its placed centered. If I open another, it will be placed in empty space. It will keep placing in empty space until the desktop is completely hidden, and then it will start randomly placing the window.
I have considered talking to the Openbox devs about possibly implementing the placement algorithm of Fluxbox- Flux will evenly distribute the windows even after the entire screen is filled/covered.
**EDIT** Do you mean your version starts to random place the moment it cant fit the window in empty space without even partially obscuring an existing window?
Last edited by GSF1200S (2014-03-27 04:18:56)

Problem Moving Images Between Folders In Bridge (Windows 7 Professional)

I have just bought a new computer with Windows 7 installed. I now also have Adobe CS5 Design Premium installed.
When I try to MOVE or DRAG and DROP an image from one folder to another using Adobe Bridge I get the following error message:
"The operation cannot be completed because you don't have sufficient permissions"
When I try the same thing in Windows Explorer it tells me that I need Administrator Permission. I click OK and it works in that programme.I am actually the Administrator
Can anybody tell me how I can configure Bridge to undertake this task please.
Many thanks in anticipation
Adrian

Dear friends
To my great relief I have now sorted this issue and offer the following as the Correct Answer. My sincere and grateful thanks go to Curt and Yammer, above, who have helped me so much in sorting this Windows 7 issue which is clearly very relevant to Bridge users also. Any slowness to grasp what they have been saying is down to me!
The key to solving this issue lies is understanding that in terms of Windows 7 Security, every internal or external hard drive, plus folders, sub-folders and files thereon has an OWNER. Also each OWNER has a certain level of PERMISSION to do things such as moving files to a different folder, deleting or re-naming them etc. If you try to do things that you don't currently have Permission to do, that is when you get an ‘Access Denied’ error message. Also your system has an Admistrator or Administrators and at the outset you need to ensure through the Control Panel that you are listed as one of them. .
If, like me, you didn't realise these things, (and why would you if Microsoft or your computer or hard drive suppliers couldn't be bothered to really make sure you knew about them), then trying to fathom the ‘Access Denied’ problem becomes a stressful and frustrating nightmare as I can testify having spent a week at it!
The steps that I took to resolve the issue and which I believe now constitute the 'Correct Answer' are as follows:
First make sure that you have Administrator rights on your system via the Control Panel
Next ‘right click’ on the Drive whose files you want to gain full access to, for example the drive that your pictures are stored on, and click on 'Properties'.
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Before doing anything to edit these Permissions, first click on the Advanced button. This opens another window with a tab showing the Owner of this drive.
Click on the Owner tab and if you are not already listed as the owner, make yourself the owner by selecting your name from the list. I believe it should appear there if you are an admistrator or user. (In my case at this stage the owner was initially shown as an obscure string of numbers and letters which I believe identified the drive when it was connected to the lap top I was using before I upgraded my machine)
Now be sure to check the box that says "Replace Owner on Subcontainers and Objects" and the click Apply. On completion of this step, the drive in question and all the folders, subfolders and files thereon should now be 'owned' by you. You could check this out by right clicking on a particular folder then clicking Properties > Security > Advanced > Owner. Your name should appear. So far so simples!
Now go back to the Security Tab for your drive (Step 2 / 3 above) and look at the Permissions you currently have. Your aim now is to allow yourself 'Full Control.' If you don’t currently have this level of permission click Edit, select your name on the list, check ‘Full Control’ and 'Apply' the change.
I think I'm right in saying that at this point whilst still working in the Drive directory you are now given the option of ticking boxes which allow you to, in effect, cascade the permission you have just granted yourself to all the files and folders on that drive. Tick the box to allow this and Windows should then take care of the rest.If I'm not quite correct here then in my particular case, for example, all my images were stored on my external drive. The top level, or 'parent' folder in which all my pictures could be found was the 'My Pictures' folder and I had created a number of folders and subfolders ('child ' folders) within that folder. The permissions I gave to the Parent folder – My Pictures – were cascaded down through the Child folders.
On completion of the above step I tested the result in Windows Explorer by dragging a few files back and forth between folders and it now worked perfectly - I was now able to move / delete / rename etc all files without now getting the dreaded access denied message. What a sense of relief! This meant that I could now open Bridge normally rather than having to right click it and 'Run As Admistrator' - albeit that is a very useful thing to do until you get the problem sorted as described.
Somebody said to me the other night that when you buy a car you buy it to enjoy the drive, not to have to tinker with the engine. Microsoft and companies that supply and install Windows 7 on new computers please take note!

Colours in Photoshop CS3/Bridge - Windows

After editing images in Photoshop CS3 (using a calibrated Eizo monitor S2231W) and viewing them in Bridge (whether PSD or JPG) in the presentation modus, the colours change a bit and become oversaturated when I change the presentation from "fit in" to 100%(by scrolling the mouse wheel). The same oversaturated colours appear also in other Windows viewers (e.g. Magix, irfanview). Of course I can use a different custom preset on the monitor when viewing the images on the monitor and reduce the saturation there, but the colour change will remain. So how can I see in Photoshop when editing and be sure what the colours will be like in a Windows presentation?
(PS- changing the colour settings in Photoshop did not help)
Thank you for helping! - Jochen

I'm using this image found in the windows sample pictures "Annie in the Sink.jpg"
as an example because it's small. If you use this action on camera size images,
your system can really slow down.
(click on the screenshots below for clearer views)
1. Run the Vectorize Web Graphic part of the action. (i just left the gaussian blur
   at the default setting)
2. Use a combination of adjusting the threshold adjustment layer and painting
   on the Dodge and Burn layer to get the black areas to cover the part of image
   you want. The black areas are the areas that will be included in the paths and
   white areas are exclued from the paths.
3. Paint on the Dodge and Burn layer with the regular paint brush tool, not the dodge
    and burn tools. Painting with white removes the areas to be included in the paths
    and painting with black adds to the areas included in the paths. Set the default
    foreground and background (black and white) colors at the bottom of the toolbox by
    pressing the D key on the keyboard.
4. You might have to stack the Dodge and Burn layers to get the results your after.
5. Run the Make Path from Image part of the action.
Final path and still kinda rough photoshop result and after copying the
path to a new RGB color document and adding a color fill adjustment layer.
If you have a recent version of illustrator, then you might try the Live Trace instead of this action.
The tracing features in recent versions of illustrator are so much better than when this action was written.
Added: it helps to duplicate your image before running any of the actions so you
            have a reference while painting on the dodge and burn layer(s).
MTSTUNER
Message was edited by: MTSTUNER

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