[openbox] an alternative to underMouse, was: Re: [openbox] MoveToEdge loses focus in 3.4.4

[Dana Jansens]

On 8/5/07, Andrei Paskevich <andrei at capet.iut-fbleau.fr> wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 at 14:42:31 (+0300), Andrei Paskevich wrote:
> > > This is what the underMouse option is for, turn it off.
> [...]
> > Please, Michael, I know that you don't like this poor option, but
> > in 3.4.2 it worked all right. I could change the focus by lowering
> > and raising windows (by _not_ adding the Focus action) and keep
> > windows focused when moving (as shown above).
>
> OTOH, I could manage without the underMouse option, if there was
> an action FocusUnderMouse, which would just give the focus
> to the window which is currently under the pointer.
>
> Then my config would be:
>
>   <underMouse>no</underMouse>
>
>   <keybind key="C-A-Home">
>       <action name="MoveToEdgeNorth"/>
>       <action name="MoveToEdgeWest"/>
>       <!-- keeps focus -->
>   </keybind>
>
>   <keybind key="C-A-Down">
>     <action name="Lower"/>
>     <action name="FocusUnderMouse"/>
>     <!-- refocuses but keeps focus if still under the pointer -->
>   </keybind>
>
> With Unfocus and FocusToBottom, I can't achieve this.
>
> Still, the option underMouse could be useful, to give focus
> to the windows which self-raise under the pointer. I'm not
> sure whether somebody might want it, though.

Try this ! (With your old bindings.)
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