[openbox] HCI-based suggestions for minor feature additions and behaviour updates

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Clay Barnes wrote:

> On 07:52 Fri 01 Feb     , Mikael Magnusson wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Clay Barnes wrote:
>>
>>> I've been playing with the new release of of OB (quality as usual!),
>>> and I thought I'd make a few HCI suggestions for the next release.
>>>
>>> * First, linear menus are accessed far faster (more than double
>>> speed), if, instead of aligning sub-menus with the top edge by the
>>> super-menu entry that holds it, it is centered on said super-menu
>>> entry.
>>
>> I'm only replying to this first point now because it's the easiest one,
>> it's already implemented :).
>> <menu>
>> ...
>>   <middle>yes</middle>
>> </menu>
>
> My last message was premature.  I can't seem to make this work and I
> can't find evidence of it in the wiki besides once in the changelog.
> I put the <middle>yes</middle> directive inside every <menu></menu> in
> rc.xml, then menu.xml, then both, then in various top-level <menu>
> entries.  None of which worked.  Is there something I'm missing?  I am
> using OB 3.4.5 and I did remember to reconfigure after each change.

There should only be one toplevel <menu> tag in rc.xml, which is where you 
would put the <middle> tag, if you don't already have it. It obviously 
defaults to "no", so maybe you already have one and it overrides the one 
you're adding?

--
Mikael Magnusson

ps what does HCI stand for?