Awesome WM: what do the icons of the title bar mean?

Question

can someone tell me what is the meaning of the icons in the title bar? A rocket, a plus, a star.. Im very curious.

Answer 1

Look at the file names of the icons. The first component describes the meaning: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/tree/master/themes/default/titlebar

• The plus is for sticky windows. These are windows which are visible on all tags (normally windows are only visible if one of their tags is selected).
• The star is for ontop. These windows ignore the normal stacking order and are ontop of everything else.
• The rocket is for maximized windows. These windows ignore the current layout and use all the available space.
• The arrow is for floating windows. These windows also ignore the current layout, but they can be freely resized to any size.
• The cross is a close button. It closes windows! ;-)