[SOLVED] *box window managers

MTK358 · 04-01-2010, 07:22 PM

I decided to try the *box window managers.

Anyway, is there a way to have Openbox do Sloppy Focus (i.e. focus window on mouse over and do not raise on click)?

And it seems that Blackbox thinks my two monitors are one big monitor. It even maximizes windows across the two monitors!

TheStarLion · 04-02-2010, 06:16 AM

For Openbox, try installing obconf, as I believe there's a means in there to allow for sloppy focus.
I can't say much on Blackbox, having not used it, I find Fluxbox more reliable, but Openbox is my preference.

reed9 · 04-02-2010, 06:22 AM

http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:MouseFocusExample

linus72 · 04-02-2010, 06:34 AM

see here too

http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox

MTK358 · 04-02-2010, 08:14 AM

Still didn't find anything helpful.

I can get windows to focus on mouse over, but I do not want them to raise when clicked.

reed9 · 04-02-2010, 08:44 AM

EDIT: Sorry, raise when clicked is your issue. Hmm....

The Raise on Focus option doesn't work?

Code:

<focus>
  <focusNew>yes</focusNew>
  <!-- always try to focus new windows when they appear. other rules do
       apply -->
  <followMouse>yes</followMouse>
  <!-- move focus to a window when you move the mouse into it -->
  <focusLast>yes</focusLast>
  <!-- focus the last used window when changing desktops, instead of the one
       under the mouse pointer. when followMouse is enabled -->
  <underMouse>yes</underMouse>
  <!-- move focus under the mouse, even when the mouse is not moving -->
  <focusDelay>200</focusDelay>
  <!-- when followMouse is enabled, the mouse must be inside the window for
       this many milliseconds (1000 = 1 sec) before moving focus to it -->
  <raiseOnFocus>yes</raiseOnFocus>
  <!-- when followMouse is enabled, and a window is given focus by moving the
       mouse into it, also raise the window -->
</focus>

reed9 · 04-02-2010, 08:46 AM

Ok, raise on click is a mousebinding. In your rc.xml, look for

Code:

<context name="Client">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>

And comment out or remove the Raise action name.

MTK358 · 04-02-2010, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reed9

Ok, raise on click is a mousebinding. In your rc.xml, look for

Code:

<context name="Client">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
      <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>

And comment out or remove the Raise action name.

That works great! I changed it to:

Code:

<context name="Client">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
      <action name="Focus"/>
      <!-- <action name="Raise"/> -->
    </mousebind>

MTK358 · 04-02-2010, 07:59 PM

I found that windows still raised when the middle and right buttons were clicked. But they had bindings right below this one and I commented out the raise part of them, too.