[openbox] Weird bug with NextWindow (ALT+TAB)

Ian Zimmerman itz at buug.org
Sun Oct 6 13:40:52 EDT 2013


On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:02:34 +1000
Robbie Smith <zoqaeski at gmail.com> wrote:

Danko> I have a weird bug with cycling through windows on the newer
Danko> versions of Openbox. It seems that the ALT+TAB dialog stays open
Danko> after I release the ALT key. I have to hit ENTER for it to
Danko> disappear. This only happens occasionally, not every time I try
Danko> to cycle windows.

Robbie> It might not be a cause of your issues, but Xmodmap is
Robbie> apparently broken so try using xkb to re-map keys. I use both
Robbie> Alt and Super to activate window cycling dialogs and have never
Robbie> had this problem.  Though I do recall that when I used to use
Robbie> Xmodmap to set up a custom layout I would encounter issues with
Robbie> Openbox dialogs hanging similarly to what you described.

Danko, what is in your Xmodmap file to achieve such mapping?

I do a similar thing (although with a full US keyboard) and I have never
noticed a problem.

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