[openbox] openbox Digest, Vol 101, Issue 3 mousebound left release script fires on press, not waiting for release

Plmalternate Plmalternate plmalternate at gmail.com
Sat Oct 14 22:33:14 EDT 2017


> From: Dana Jansens <danakj at orodu.net>
> Sorry, let me try again. When Openbox gets the press event in the "client"
> target area, it immediately hands control of the pointer to the
> application, so that the application can get the press (and release)
> events. That means Openbox will not get a release event ever, so it just
> considers it a click+release immediately. Does that make more sense?

Kinda, sorta, I guess. Anyway, the bottom line seems simple:

This is the behavior expected and intended. In client context of
rc.xml, press, click, and release event linked actions will all fire
immediately on press. I can work with that.

Thanks a bunch.


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