[openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog" (alt-tab)?
Dana Jansens
danakj at orodu.net
Wed Jan 28 02:18:36 EST 2015
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:37 PM, kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com> wrote:
> Hi Lucas -
>
> It works... unfortunately, the next window is
> immediately raised (brought to the foreground)
> rather than showing the "focus outline" and
> allowing the user to A-Tab through
> until the right window is found...
>
>From http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#NextWindow I think you want:
<dialog>none</dialog>
<interactive>yes</interactive>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: graboluk at gmail.com
> > Sent: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:02:00 +0000
> > To: openbox at icculus.org
> > Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
> > (alt-tab)?
> >
> > all I can see is that you use <action ... /> and I use <action...> ...
> > </action>, but I don't know if it's relevant. Perhaps you could
> > copy-paste my keybinding for A-S-Tab and see if it does what you want:
> > <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
> > <action name="PreviousWindow">
> > <interactive>no</interactive>
> > <dialog>none</dialog>
> > </action>
> > </keybind>
> >
> > Best, L
> >
> > 2015-01-25 1:52 GMT+00:00 kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com>:
> >> Interesting:
> >>
> >> Wondering if there's a flaw in my syntax somewhere.
> >>
> >> <!-- Keybindings for window switching -->
> >> <keybind key="A-Tab">
> >> <action name="NextWindow"/>
> >> <interactive>no</interactive>
> >> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >> </keybind>
> >> <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
> >> <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
> >> <interactive>no</interactive>
> >> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >> </keybind>
> >> <keybind key="C-A-Tab">
> >> <action name="NextWindow">
> >> <interactive>no</interactive>
> >> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >> <panels>yes</panels><desktop>yes</desktop>
> >> </action>
> >> </keybind>
> >>
> >> I added
> >> <interactive>no</interactive>
> >>
> >> to see if there was an effect, then issued 'openbox --reconfigure'
> >> on the commandline (as the login user, of course).
> >>
> >> Still no effect...
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: graboluk at gmail.com
> >>> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:07:26 +0000
> >>> To: openbox at icculus.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
> >>> (alt-tab)?
> >>>
> >>> reconfigure should be enough.
> >>>
> >>> I use alt-tab to have switching between two windows without any dialog
> >>> and alt-ctrl-tab to switch with a dialog. AFAI understand in my setup
> >>> A-S-Tab does what you want.
> >>>
> >>> <keybind key="C-A-Tab">
> >>> <action name="NextWindow">
> >>> <finalactions>
> >>> <action name="Focus"/>
> >>> <action name="Raise"/>
> >>> <action name="Unshade"/>
> >>> </finalactions>
> >>> </action>
> >>> </keybind>
> >>> <keybind key="C-A-S-Tab">
> >>> <action name="PreviousWindow">
> >>> <finalactions>
> >>> <action name="Focus"/>
> >>> <action name="Raise"/>
> >>> <action name="Unshade"/>
> >>> </finalactions>
> >>> </action>
> >>> </keybind>
> >>> <keybind key="A-Tab">
> >>> <action name="NextWindow">
> >>> <interactive>no</interactive>
> >>> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >>> </action>
> >>> </keybind>
> >>> <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
> >>> <action name="PreviousWindow">
> >>> <interactive>no</interactive>
> >>> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >>> </action>
> >>> </keybind>
> >>>
> >>> L
> >>>
> >>> 2015-01-24 20:50 GMT+00:00 kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com>:
> >>>> That looks great --
> >>>>
> >>>> One other question: does the user have to log out and
> >>>> log back in to see the changes, or will the changes
> >>>> be visible after "re-configuring" openbox in the
> >>>> current session?
> >>>>
> >>>> I ask because I hit "ReConfigure Openbox" on the menu
> >>>> and there's been no change; the menu still appears.
> >>>>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>
> >>>> P.S. A search brings up a similar thread with XML example:
> >>>>
> >>>> <keybind key="A-Tab">
> >>>> <action name="NextWindow">
> >>>> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >>>> </action>
> >>>> </keybind>
> >>>> <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
> >>>> <action name="PreviousWindow">
> >>>> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >>>> </action>
> >>>> </keybind>
> >>>>
> >>>> The solution appears to be:
> >>>> <dialog>none</dialog>
> >>>>
> >>>> ...applied to both "A-Tab" and "A-S-Tab" keybindings.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: graboluk at gmail.com
> >>>>> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:12:58 +0000
> >>>>> To: openbox at icculus.org
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
> >>>>> (alt-tab)?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Perhaps
> >>>>> http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#NextWindow
> >>>>> is what you need?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> L
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2015-01-24 15:54 GMT+00:00 kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com>:
> >>>>>> Hi -
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I realized that there's no need (in my setup)
> >>>>>> for the application-switcher dialog box that
> >>>>>> pops up when you press Alt-Tab.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The only setting that I see in rc.xml governs
> >>>>>> the desktop pager. It would be great if there
> >>>>>> was something similar for the application-switching
> >>>>>> "Focus" dialog box as well.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is there a way to disable that dialog -- while
> >>>>>> keeping the keyboard shortcut's functionality
> >>>>>> and the "window focus outline" visual cue that you
> >>>>>> see when hitting Alt-Tab?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks for your ideas.
> >>>>>>
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