[openbox] [SOLVED] vim-style keybindings in Openbox menus

dcarroll dennis at rubgrp.com
Wed Aug 5 16:40:53 EDT 2009


Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> 2009/8/5 dcarroll <dennis at rubgrp.com>:
>> I haven't noticed any side-effects. And I certainly can't pretend to
>> understand how or why it works. In fact I won't be surprised if it stops
>> working some day. Just enjoying it while it lasts.
> 
> Does the "trick" stop the normal arrow keys from working in the menu?
> If it does, the explanation is simple, the alphanumeric keys have lower
> keycodes than the arrow keys, and openbox simply looks for the keys
> by the keysym (ie "Down", "Up" etc), and finds the alphanumeric ones first.
> 

Yes, that is correct: the normal arrow keys don't work in the menu 
anymore. (I hadn't noticed until you mentioned it.) Thank you for the 
explanation.

Sincerely,

-- Dennis


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