Using the Desktop

The BoredOS desktop environment is designed to be intuitive while providing powerful window management and icons for quick access to your files and applications.

Window Management

BoredOS uses a stacking window manager (BoredWM) that allows you to overlap and organize multiple windows.

Basic Actions

Focus: Click anywhere on a window to bring it to the front and make it the active window.
Move: Click and drag the title bar (the top bar of the window) to reposition it on the screen.
Close: Click the red traffic light close button in the top-left corner of the window.

System-wide Shortcuts

BoredOS includes several global shortcuts to help you manage your workflow:

Ctrl + P: Take a screenshot. The image will be saved to /root/Desktop as screenshot.jpg.
Shift + Ctrl + Space: Toggle Lumos search (see the Lumos guide).

Desktop Icons

Your desktop represents the contents of the /root/Desktop directory.

Launching: Double-click an icon to open the file or launch the application.
Snapping: Icons automatically snap to a grid for a clean look. You can toggle "Snap to Grid" and "Auto Align" in the Settings app.
Context Menu: Right-click on the desktop background to create new files, folders, or refresh the layout.

The Bottom Dock

The dock at the bottom of the screen provides quick shortcuts to your most-used applications, with for example:

Files: Browse the entire filesystem.
Terminal: Access the command-line interface.
Calculator / Notepad / Grapher: Essential productivity tools.

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