[openbox] Trouble with keystroke on the list of windows

[Steve Litt]

u34 at net9.ga said on Fri, 12 May 2023 23:56:54 +0000

>Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I've been using Openbox for seven years and this is the first time
>> I found something less than optimal...
>> 
>> There's a window list that shows all windows open on all workspaces.
>> Normally, I navigate this list with the keyboard: I press a key and
>> focus moves to the next window whose title begins with the name I
>> typed, and if there's only one, that window opens immediately.
>> Perfect! 
>
>Nice. Is this feature documented? Where? Which search string can find
>it easily in the Internet?
>Until now, I didn't know the menu has a similar feature for navigation.

I never thought to look it up, but just now I spent 20 minutes looking
it up, and I couldn't find it in any docs either. Just get the window
list up and type a letter, and you'll see what happens.

SteveT

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