[openbox] openbox3-alpha1 window dragging behavior

Mikael Magnusson mangosoft at comhem.se
Wed Jul 16 21:18:47 EDT 2003


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gabe Munoz wrote:                                                               
                                                                                                     
> Hello, first off thanks for the wicked window manager.                                             
> The newest version is awesome.                                                                     
>                                                                                                    
> One thing I find a a little strange is when dragging a                                             
> window using the title bar. It occurs when I have a                                                
> window in focus, window A, then I click a different                                                
> window, window B, and drag window B (all one click and                                             
> drag). Window B will now display behind my previously                                              
> active window A as if window A were still active. To                                               
> get around this behavior I have to click on window B                                               
> first to activate it, then click again on window B to                                              
> drag, and it will display on top of all windows.                                                   
> Essentially, I have to double click a window to drag                                               
> it, the process of clicking once to activate it, then                                              
> clicking to drag so it appears on top of other                                                     
> windows.                                                                                           
>                                                                                                    
> I hope I explained this well enough (I think I                                                     
> confused myself in the process - lol). Is this the                                                 
> intended behavior?                                                                                 
                                                                                                     
yes, but you can of course change it, like this:                                                     
find    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag"> in your config, and above                            
<action name="Move"/> add this line                                                                  
<action name="Raise"/>                                                                               
                                                                                                     
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> -Gabe                                                                                              
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Mikael Magnusson                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
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