[openbox] window focus bug?

Louis-David Mitterrand vindex at apartia.org
Mon Apr 19 11:58:23 EDT 2004


On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 05:29:37PM +0200, Peter Chiocchetti wrote:
> > > Let's say you have two xterm's side by side, one has the focus. If you
> > > click'n'drag the xterm without the focus, it will slide under the
> > > previously focussed one, instead of covering it.
> > 
> > You need to define that the window should be raised if you want it so,
> > when dragging windows. It's a feature, not a bug! :)
> 
> metoo sees it as a feature :) dragging should not mess with stacking.
> very useful with eg. the gimp on too small a screen (17").

I agree, just wasn't used to that behavior and wanted to check. It makes
sense.

> if you really want to change that behaviour (it cannot be done in obconf):
> 
> in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml
> in context name="Titlebar"
> in mousebind action="Drag" button="Left"
> add an action name="Raise"
> write the file and do "reconfigure" from the menu

Understood, thanks for the explanation and config.

Cheers,

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