[openbox] That lower-but-don't-focus-window-underneath little thingy

Brett Campbell brett at custom-tech.net
Sat Dec 18 16:48:28 EST 2004


On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 01:56:33PM -0800, Brett Campbell wrote:
> interesting.  this feature has always inhibited my instinctual wm
> navigational skills, but i agree with its reasoning/philosophy, so find
> no reason to bitch about it.
> 
> at a first attempt to modify its behavior through rc.xml, i don't seem to
> have the results i had hoped for.
> 
>   <keybind key="A-Escape">
>     <action name="Lower"/>
>     <action name="Unfocus"/>
>   </keybind>
> 
> the window retains focus after being lowered to bottom.
> any hints/suggestions?
> 
> gracias

weird, i had a dream last night that this worked, and i was stoked!
no joke.  but then i woke up.... why doesn't the above config do what i
expect?  user or developer error?

thanks,
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