[openbox] Trouble with keystroke on the list of windows

[D.T.]

FWIW, you can always use the arrow keys to navigate.
You can also enter M for More...

On Sat, 2023-05-13 at 12:17 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> Alessandro Vesely said on Sat, 13 May 2023 17:40:56 +0200
> 
> > On Sat 13/May/2023 01:56:54 +0200 u34 wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > 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.  
> > 
> > 
> > That's not the window list you get with alt-tab, is it?  Does it
> > come
> > with an additional taskbar?  What is it?
> 
> Now that we know this wonderful feature is undocumented, I'll write
> the
> very first (barebones) documentation in this email...
> 
> In my ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml I have the following:
> 
> ==================================================
>     <keybind key="S-C-period">
>       <action name="ShowMenu">
>         <menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu>
>       </action>
>     </keybind>
> ==================================================
> 
> So the Openbox function name of the feature we're discussing is
> client-list-combined-menu , and I personally use the key combo 
> Shift + Ctrl + Period to invoke it. When I press this key combo, a
> list
> of every window pops up, sorted by workspace, with a header for each
> workspace, and the highlight on the very top window.
> 
> Let's say I have few enough windows that I don't have a "more" at the
> bottom. I want a window titled "giveback", and have windows titled
> "giveback", "guarddog", and "grampa". I press the g key on the
> keyboard, and it goes to the next window whose title begins with "g".
> Perhaps it's "guarddog". I press g again and it goes to "grampa". I
> press g again and it goes to "giveback", at which time I press Enter
> and have "giveback" in focus on the workspace holding "giveback".
> 
> Making this even more efficient is the fact that if only one window
> begins with the letter you pressed, you don't even have to press
> Enter.
> For instance, let's say your only window beginning with "h" is titled
> "Hurry up", and I press the h key. All of a sudden the "Hurry up"
> window is in focus on its workspace.
> 
> Now here's the thing: It works ONLY with the first letter. You might
> think I could press "g" then "i" to go directly to "giveback", but
> instead it goes to the window titled "irrigation", as an example.
> 
> By the way, I think that Openbox defaults such that if you right
> click
> on the desktop you get this "client-list-combined-menu" window list.
> 
> Now you know everything I know about this feature, which I've used
> probably 50 times a day for the last 7 years. As more people add
> information, a document can be formed.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt 
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