bbLean
It has a new menu system with user frienly popup delay, support for shellfolders, rightclick context menus, scrolling with button or mousewheel, drag and drop and keyboard navigation.
Check it out!
New in 1.12
Later:
When everything is running smooth:
The Blackbox for Windows shell consists of these GUI elements:
Mouse event | Effect |
---|---|
right-click | show main menu |
right-click with shift | show workspaces menu |
left-click | hide not pinned menus and bring pinned menus on top |
drop image | display image as wallpaper |
with shift held down | stretch image |
with control held down | tile image |
Mouse event | Effect |
---|---|
right-click | show main menu |
right-click with shift | show options menu |
right-click with ctrl | show workspaces menu |
ctrl + left-drag | drag toolbar |
ctrl + double-left-click | reset position |
double-click on clock | date & time |
drop stylefile | apply style |
You can turn transparency on/off or hide the toolbar in the config menu.
Mouse event | Effect |
---|---|
right-click on on either desktop or toolbar | open main menu |
right click on titlebar | close this menu |
click on desktop background click on any window |
close all (not pinned) menus |
left-click the titlebar and drag | move or pin menu |
double-left-click on the titlebar | toggle on top property (default setting in the config menu) |
left-drag of folder iten | drag item elsewhere |
Keyboard navigation | Effect |
---|---|
up/down/left/right arrows | navigate |
crtl+up/ctrl+down/page-up/page-down | navigate faster |
home/end | navigate |
letters A-Z,0-9,... | shortcut (underscored or first letter) |
enter or space | activate item |
windows 'app key' | show context menu |
tab | cycle through pinned menus |
F5 | update folder |
escape | close menu |
Notes:
Mouse event | Effect |
---|---|
right-click on menu item | open context menu for file or folder |
shift + right-click on menu's titlebar | open folder's context menu |
Mouse event | Effect |
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left click | activate task |
right click | minimize task |
win + left click | close task |
double left/middle-click | move to next workspace |
double left/middle-click with shift | moves to previous workspace |
alt + left-click | toggle task display modes |
alt + right-click | toggle 'current tasks only' mode |
shift + right-click | show options menu |
To change a mode option permanently, select it from the menu.
The included BBSystembar uses the toolbar transparency settings.
Tested plugins with bbLean:
Plugin | Author | Note |
---|---|---|
bbAnalog | Mortar | nice analogue clock, with alarm! |
bbColor | qwilk | style colors for the windows captionbar |
bbDDE | DevTeam | shell services for blackbox as default shell - bblean has it now built-in, will not be loaded |
bbHook | DevTeam | *nix-like window-shading - do not use with bbWinSkin |
bbIcons | Tres`ni | icons to start programs, sitting on desktop or in the slit |
bbKeys | DevTeam | configurable keyboard shortcuts - included |
bbNote | grischka | little stylized editor for bb-configuration files and other things |
bbPager | NC-17 | controls workspaces and tasks - use a new version |
bbShelf | Fatman | organizes your shortcuts |
bbSlider | psyci | volume control |
bbSlit | Tres`ni | a container window, where you can put other plugins into. |
bbSoundFx | qwilk | plays sound snippets on various events |
bbStyle | NC-17 | switches styles automatically - use a new version - set 'inherit toolbar height' to false - set 'smartwallpaper' to false in extensions.rc |
bbSystembar | DevTeam | taskbar and systemtray - included |
bbSystembarEx | BladeStaylor | advanced taskbar and systemtray, very configurable |
bbTray | DevTeam | systemtray, may be loaded into slit |
bbWeather | Fatman | 'dont go out the door, use bbweather instead...' |
bbWinSkin | DevTeam | skins windows accordingly to the current style |
Broambox | Tres`ni | little commandbox |
plugin overview: bb4win.sourceforge.net/doc/plugins.php
qwilk's plugin page: desktopian.org/bb/plugins.html
bb4win latest builts: bb4win.sourceforge.net/latest/Latest
bbLean runs equally well on top of explorer or as your default shell.
To install bbLean as the default, use the install option from the included default menu or type in the commandline:
'blackbox -install'
To reset explorer as shell, use the uninstall option from the included default menu or type in the commandline:
'blackbox -uninstall'
In either case, the new setting will take effect after the next reboot.
bbLean is copyright 2003 by grischka
bbLean and Blackbox for Windows is free software, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL version 2 or later).
Site | Link |
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bblean | bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean |
bb4win | www.bb4win.org |
forum | forums.loose-screws.com/viewforum.php?f=14 |
plugins overview | bb4win.sourceforge.net/doc/plugins.php |
latest plugin versions | bb4win.sourceforge.net/latest/Latest bb4win.sourceforge.net/plugins desktopian.org/bb/plugins.html |
grischka's site | grischka.port5.com |
email grischka | grischka@users.sourceforge.net |