[openbox] Problem: how to cicle & raise windows with the mouse wheel (part 2)

Mikael Magnusson mangosoft at comhem.se
Wed Jun 23 09:17:40 EDT 2004


On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Matteo Gugliemi wrote:

> Mikael Magnusson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Matteo Gugliemi wrote:
>> 
>>> It's really strange because it works using the keyboard in this way:
>>> 
>>> <keyboard>
>>> <keybind key="A-Tab">
>>>   <action name="NextWindow"/>
>>> </keybind>
>>> <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
>>> <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
>>> </keybind>
>>> </keyboard>
>>> 
>>> but the windows raise only when the Alt key is released...
>>> so while I keep pressed Alt and I continuously press & release the Tab
>>> key I notice the same behavior as:
>>> 
>>> <mouse>
>>> <mousebind button="Up" action="Press">
>>>   <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
>>> </mousebind>
>>> <mousebind button="Down" action="Press">
>>> <action name="NextWindow"/>
>>>  </mousebind>
>>> </mouse>
>>> 
>>> where all the windows on the dektop are cycled but never reised.
>>> 
>>> My questions are:
>>> - in the case of the "keybind key = A-Tab" where is the Raise action
>>>  related to the release of the Alt key after the NextWindow action?
>>> - is possible to obtain the same behavior whit the mouse wheel (if it's 
>>> not a bug)?
>> 
>> 
>> It is a bug, you can't fix it in the config.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mikael Magnusson
>> 
> ok... I trust you.

I'm in the process of fixing this in cvs, I think it will be a bit 
annoying to have minimized windows pop up when you scroll on the desktop 
though, but hey.

--
Mikael Magnusson



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