Urxvt keyboard scroll

bstaletic · 05-07-2014, 02:27 PM

Hello everyone,

I recently switched to i3 window manager. Now only time I need to use my mouse is when I want to scroll the output of urxvt.

I know about Shift+PgUp and Shift+PgDown, but it only works if the mouse is over urxvt.

Is there a way of scrolling urxvt output using keyboard, but with mouse being placed somewhere else?

TobiSGD · 05-07-2014, 03:17 PM

Using urxvt on i3 with Slackware and Gentoo, scrolling with Shift+PgUp/PgDown works without any problems here, even if the mouse cursor is over a different window. All you have to make sure is that the urxvt window is focused, either by hovering the mouse over it or by using the focus-keys ($mod+J/K/L/; by default).

bstaletic · 05-07-2014, 03:29 PM

I changed the focus shortcut to Shift+Left/Right/Up/Down, but that shouldn't have any effect on urxvt scrolling shortcuts.

Still even if I focus urxvt and my mouse is over firefox for example (focus isn't following mouse) it won't scroll.

Do you want a log or contents of some configuration files? I would provide it in this post, but I don't know which would be helpful.

EDIT:
I just tried switching to fluxbox, and there's the same problem. I can not use keyboard scroll if mouse is not on top of urxvt.

ondoho · 05-07-2014, 04:00 PM

maybe some setting with urxvt?
it's very, very customizable.

TobiSGD · 05-07-2014, 04:10 PM

urxvt is configured usng the file ~/.Xresources. This is the part relevant to urxvt that I am using in that file:

Code:

URxvt*termName:                       rxvt-unicode
URxvt*loginShell:                     true
URxvt*jumpScroll:                     true
URxvt*scrollBar:                      false
URxvt*scrollTtyOutput:                false
URxvt*scrollTtyKeypress:              true
URxvt*fading:                         30
URxvt*visualBell:                     true
URxvt*cursorUnderline:                false
URxvt*cursorBlink:                    true
URxvt*background:                     [95]#000000
URxvt*foreground:                     white
URxvt*color0:		rgb:00/00/00
URxvt*color1:		rgb:aa/00/00
URxvt*color2:		rgb:00/aa/00
URxvt*color3:		rgb:aa/55/00
URxvt*color4:		rgb:00/00/aa
URxvt*color5:		rgb:aa/00/aa
URxvt*color6:           rgb:00/aa/aa
URxvt*color7:           rgb:aa/aa/aa
URxvt*color8:           rgb:55/55/55
URxvt*color9:		rgb:ff/55/55
URxvt*color10:		rgb:55/ff/55
URxvt*color11:		rgb:ff/ff/55
URxvt*color12:		rgb:55/55/ff
URxvt*color13:		rgb:ff/55/ff
URxvt*color14:		rgb:55/ff/ff
URxvt*color15:		rgb:ff/ff/ff
URxvt*highlightColor:                 rgb:20/30/20
URxvt*cursorColor:                    green
URxvt*font:                             xft:terminus-10
URxvt*saveLines:                      8192
URxvt*buffered:                       true
URxvt*depth:                          32
URxvt*perl-ext-common:                default,url-select,vtwheel
URxvt.keysym.M-u:                   perl:url-select:select_next
URvxt.url-select.button:            1
URxvt.url-select.launcher:          /usr/bin/firefox-bin

bstaletic · 05-07-2014, 04:36 PM

Some more googling, made me realize this is a common issue if one is using perl tabbed extension.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr...cgi?bug=511377
A guy posted the link above on debian bug tracker, and he claims he has found a fix for this. unfortunately I do not understand what he says on the link.

EDIT:
My .Xresources

Code:

URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbedex,matcher
URxvt.tabbed.new-button: true
URXvt.tabbed.reopen-on-close: yes
URxvt.keysym.Control-t: perl:tabbedex:new_tab
URxvt.keysym.Control-Right: perl:tabbedex:next_tab
URxvt.keysym.Control-Left: perl:tabbedex:prev_tab
!URxvt.tabbed.no-tabbedex-keys: true
urxvt*foreground: white
urxvt*background: black

ondoho · 05-08-2014, 02:10 AM

put an exclamation mark (!) in front of every line that has "tab" in it, source .Xresources and restart urxvt and see how that affects your system.

actually, no, strike that.
in the bug report you sent, message 47 says this has been fixed upstream.
what is your version of urxvt?
also i remember sometimes the perl extensions are installed seperately, so you'd have to check that also.

bstaletic · 05-08-2014, 03:52 AM

A comment or two after the one that states it has been fixed upstream is the one that says it has not been fixed.

My version is 9.20, and it says that from 9.14 it should be fixed. It's not.

If I disable perl's tabbed extension scrolling works as expected. But I need tabs.

TobiSGD · 05-08-2014, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bstaletic

If I disable perl's tabbed extension scrolling works as expected. But I need tabs.

Run a tiling WM. Alternatively, run urxvt in tabbed.

bstaletic · 05-08-2014, 10:13 AM

I am running a tiling window manager, in my first post I said I was using i3.
The problem is tabbed extension.
I wanted to have just one tile populated by urxvt on my i3 desktop, and use tabbe extension to use more "instances". Unfortunately this configuration causes the described problem.

I have done a little research, and found out terminator can do everything I need and more. With the help of screen I'm perfectly satisfied.

Should I mark this thread as solved?

ondoho · 05-08-2014, 11:08 AM

have you even clicked the link tobisgd provided?

edit: terminator is not so lightweight compared to urxvt, and also less featured.
but whatever suits you best.
however, i'd say this is not solved. you found a workaround you're satisfied with, that's all.

TobiSGD · 05-08-2014, 12:03 PM

I don't get it. What would be the difference of having a tabbed tile with many instances of urxvt instead of having a urxvt with the tabbed extension (or using tabbed from suckless.org, FWIW)?

bstaletic · 05-08-2014, 12:58 PM

I didn't know I could have just one tile tabbed, and not the whole workspace.
I guess I'm just used to working with a tabbed terminal emulator. If I'm going to change something I think it would be easiest to change emulator not the way I use it. So terminator makes me happy.

Thanks for your time anyway.

Xeratul · 05-08-2014, 01:24 PM

normally shift + pageup/pagedown shall work...