[openbox] Windows Positioning

Das dasfox at gmail.com
Wed Jan 2 17:08:00 EST 2013


Now that I think about this, why can't it simply be a TILE action for a few
windows? Seems simple enough to get the job done, yes, no?

How about this link?

http://urukrama.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/manual-tiling-in-openbox/


THANKS



On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Brian Mattern <rephorm at rephorm.com> wrote:

> Sorry, that was an incomplete email that I didn't mean to send...
> The xprop formats need to be large (like 32i)
>
> I have attached a script that gets mostly there, but it looks like there
> are some issues if you have <margins> set in your rc.xml. And, it
> doesn't play well with xinerama...
>
> Anyway, it gets the idea across, at least. (I don't have any more time
> to play with it today).
>
> Brian
>
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2013, Brian Mattern wrote:
>
> >
> > The "MoveResizeTo" action that is described in laertis' original email
> > should work for getting the window onto the left half of the screen (and
> > a similar one for the right half wouldn't be too hard to write).
> > Although he doesn't say explicitly, it sounds like his concern was about
> > the problem of undoing the behavior. In Win7, IIRC, when you drag away
> from
> > the edge, the window returns to its original size (while its position is
> > determined by the drag). This would not be possible with openbox actions
> > directly since you can't store the state.
> >
> > But, it shouldn't be hard to do in a WM agnostic way using something
> > like xdotool and bash.
> >
> > e.g.:
> >
> >     # get active window's id and geometry (this sets vars WINDOW X Y
> >     # WIDTH HEIGHT and SCREEN)
> >     eval $(xdotool getactivewindow getwindowgeometry --shell)
> >
> >     # store current geometry as properties
> >     xprop -id $WINDOW -format _FOO_PREVIOUS_X 8i -set _FOO_PREVIOUS_X $X
> >     xprop -id $WINDOW -format _FOO_PREVIOUS_Y 8i -set _FOO_PREVIOUS_Y $Y
> >
> > On Tue, 01 Jan 2013, Das wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > Did anyone see this, can this be done?
> > >
> > > THANKS
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Das <dasfox at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ahhh snap a Window to the left then snap a Window to the right,
> having
> > > > them side by side like Windows 7, hmm I never thought about this
> > > > before...
> > > >
> > > > So are we saying this is do able? This would be a nice feature...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mathias Dufresne
> > > > <mathias.dufresne at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > You can use middle mouse button to resize vertically and right
> button to
> > > > > resize window horizontally in place of left button which resize in
> full
> > > > > screen...
> > > > > It almost remember previous position even if sometimes I had
> strange
> > > > > behaviour when clicking to get back to previous state. No idea if
> it was
> > > > old
> > > > > version, my mistake or whatever... Anyway, I use that for years
> and that
> > > > > miss me so much under Windows...
> > > > >
> > > > > That does not answer to your question but perhaps it would help : )
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Mat
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2012/12/18 laertis <loutsis at csd.uoc.gr>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hello,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> first of all i'd like to say how much i love this WM and how
> > > > configurable
> > > > >> it is.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What is troubling me for the past of the week is how to get
> openbox to
> > > > >> simulate Win7 aero snapping behavior which i find really
> comforting and
> > > > >> productive btw. I assumed that in order to achieve so, given the
> current
> > > > >> configuration actions, i would need to know the variables holding
> the
> > > > >> window's position so i could "MoveResizeTo" those!
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I think this guy describes the same thing with me except that he
> is
> > > > >> talking about mousebinds while i'm talking about keybinds.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> And this is the nearest i could get to Win7 snapping :
> > > > >>
> http://www.jasoncavett.com/2012/05/better-aero-snap-with-openbox.html
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I've tried a work around leveraging the if statements of the
> openbox
> > > > >> configuration file and the result was something like this :
> > > > >>
> > > > >> <keybind key='W-Right">
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>   <action name="If">
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>     <maximized>yes</maximized>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>     <then>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       <action name="Unmaximize"/>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       <action name="Unmaximize"/>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>         <direction>vertical</direction>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       </action>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       <action name="MoveResizeTo">
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>         <x>0</x>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>         <y>0</y>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>         <width>50%</width>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       </action>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>     </then>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>     <else>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       <action name="If">
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>        ..........
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>        ..........
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>        ..........
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>        ..........
> > > > >>
> > > > >>   but i figured out but it can't be done without knowing the
> window's
> > > > >> position.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> So i think writing a wmctrl script holding the windows position
> and
> > > > >> combining it with the above would give me what i want.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Is there any chance this is implemented somewhere out there?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I think i'm gonna write down a script either way but if there is
> > > > >> something out there getting the job done it would help for now.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> However there are some issues i'm thinking right now, such as,
> how is
> > > > >> each windows going to hold it's previous state ?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Anyway, that's about it. Thank you for the support.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
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