[openbox] I have a problem with focus not given to new lunched windows.

[Dana Jansens]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Done : http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4752
>
> Hope it helps.

Great, thanks!

> - mark.
>
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Well according to the debug info, it's a feature :
>>
>> Just cuz it sounds like it knows what it's doing doesn't mean it's a
>> feature..
>>
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) focus_set_client 0x400003
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) ignoring enters from 2374 until 2374
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) EnterNotify mode 0 detail 4 serial 2374 on
>> > 400003,
>> > focusing window
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) ignoring enters from 2973 until 2974
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Going to try activate new window? yes
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Want to focus window 0xa00003 at time 688833456
>> > launched at 0 (last user interaction time 688832174)
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Not focusing the window because it is on another
>> > desktop and no relatives are focused
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Focus stealing prevention activated for
>> > (Untitled) at
>> > time 688833456 (last user interaction time 688832174)
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) ignoring enters from 3101 until 3100
>> > Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Frame for 0xa00003 has focus: 1
>> >
>> >
>> > Looking ( briefly ) at the code,the code is at client.c ( lines 780 -
>> > 792 )
>> > .
>> > I can't find any nice way around this ( I can always delete it and
>> > recompile
>> > ) .
>> >
>> > Any thoughts ?
>>
>> You should file a bug report in the bugzilla, cuz if i understand your
>> use case directly, I want it to be doing what you want it to be doing,
>> which means it's a bug :)
>>
>> - Dana
>>
>> > -Mark.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > I just would like to add that is seems that a new window is given
>> >> > focus
>> >> > only
>> >> > if I'm not inside an application.
>> >> >
>> >> > for example: if I'm on desktop 1 ,no application running on that
>> >> > desktop,
>> >> > and try to open an application on desktop 3, it gives focus to the
>> >> > new
>> >> > application.
>> >> >
>> >> > if I'm on desktop 1 inside firefox ( for example ) and try to open an
>> >> > application on desktop 3 it doesn't give that application focus.
>> >> >
>> >> > is that a feature or a bug ? if a feature can I change it ?
>> >>
>> >> probably a bug.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thx for the tip, I've gone ahead and installed openbox from the git
>> >> >> repo.
>> >> >> It seems to work but not very reliably, in fact it works only with
>> >> >> one
>> >> >> program ( lilyterm , and even with that, not always ) but not with :
>> >> >> mousepad, firefox, geany or chrome .
>> >> >>
>> >> >> is there any log files or anything I can look into in order to find
>> >> >> out
>> >> >> why it's not working?
>> >>
>> >> run openbox --debug and look at its stdout, or in ~/.cache/openbox.log
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >> - Mark .
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com>
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>> > Hi,
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I have a problem with my openbox configuration.
>> >> >>> > I have these options in my rc.xml file:
>> >> >>> > <focusNew>yes</focusNew>
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > and I have this keybind:
>> >> >>> > <keybind key="C-l">
>> >> >>> >       <keybind key="f">
>> >> >>> >         <action name="Execute">
>> >> >>> >           <command>firefox-bin</command>
>> >> >>> >         </action>
>> >> >>> >       </keybind>
>> >> >>> > </keybind>
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > under <applications> I have:
>> >> >>> > <focus>yes</focus>
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > and this:
>> >> >>> > <application
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > name="firefox*"><desktop>1</desktop><raise>yes</raise></application>
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > .
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Everything works fine, when I press the keybind combo, firefox is
>> >> >>> > lunched on
>> >> >>> > desktop #1, the problem is, it doesn't get focus!
>> >> >>> > I have to switch manually to desktop #1.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I want it to get focus when it's lunched, is there something I'm
>> >> >>> > missing?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> This was brought up in the past on here, or on IRC.  The <focus>
>> >> >>> flag
>> >> >>> will cause openbox to move to the application's desktop in our git
>> >> >>> version.  In 3.4.x it doesn't do this.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> - Dana
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > Thanks for the help,
>> >> >>> >                              Mark Bloch.
>> >> >>> >
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