[openbox] No focus if skip_taskbar=yes

[Andras Fink]

On Friday 28 August 2009 16:38:28 Dana Jansens wrote:
> 2009/8/27 Andras Fink <andreas.fink85 at googlemail.com>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to get urxvt to skip the taskbar, but at the same time to get
> > input focus if opened. The entry in rc.xml looks like that:
> >
> >    <application name="urxvt">
> >      <focus>yes</focus>
> >      <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
> >    </application>
> >
> > the problem is, that urxvt does NOT get the focus which is not very
> > useful for a terminal (the same happens with every other application, so
> > not only an urxvt issue).
> > If I comment the <skip_taskbar>, then everything works (except of that I
> > get now an entry in the taskbar).
> > I just wanted to ask if this is by design, i.e. this is the desired
> > behaviour or if this is a bug (then I'll file a bug report).
>
> It is by design.  Apps that skip the taskbar are generally background
> type windows that you don't want to give focus to on start.  Openbox
> doesn't discriminate between windows that request the skip-taskbar
> themselves verses those set that way in the config file.
>
> dana
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But then <focus>yes</focus> seems quite useless to me, or do I miss the point?