Great, thanks!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Andreas Fink <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andreas.fink85@googlemail.com">andreas.fink85@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
2011/12/14 Jordan Mendler <<a href="mailto:jordanmendler@gmail.com">jordanmendler@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div class="h5">> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I am relatively new to openbox, but it is awesome. Thanks and keep up the<br>
> great work! Anyway, I have a 4 monitor setup and it seems that whenever I<br>
> open a new window in openbox, the monitor on which it is opened is<br>
> inconsistent. Sometimes it will appear on the monitor my cursor is currently<br>
> in. Other times it will appear in an unused monitor. And even other times it<br>
> will appear in a seemingly random monitor.<br>
><br>
> Can anyone advise how window placement works when opening a new window in a<br>
> multi-head setup? It is inconvenient when it, for example, opens a monitor<br>
> on the projector behind me rather than on the main monitor I am using. Is<br>
> there anyway to just have all new windows appear in whichever monitor the<br>
> mouse is currently in? This seems like a better approach since the user<br>
> would presumably launch the window from the screen where they are working<br>
> with their mouse (or terminal from which they are launching a new GUI),<br>
> which would be where they would want it to land.<br>
><br>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jordan Mendler<br>
><br>
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The sample rc.xml contains the following (especially ´"monitor" is<br>
interesting for you):<br>
<placement><br>
<policy>Smart</policy><br>
<!-- 'Smart' or 'UnderMouse' --><br>
<center>yes</center><br>
<!-- whether to place windows in the center of the free area found or<br>
the top left corner --><br>
<monitor>Primary</monitor><br>
<!-- with Smart placement on a multi-monitor system, try to place new windows<br>
on: 'Any' - any monitor, 'Mouse' - where the mouse is, 'Active' - where<br>
the active window is, 'Primary' - only on the primary monitor --><br>
<primaryMonitor>1</primaryMonitor><br>
<!-- The monitor where Openbox should place popup dialogs such as the<br>
focus cycling popup, or the desktop switch popup. It can be an index<br>
from 1, specifying a particular monitor. Or it can be one of the<br>
following: 'Mouse' - where the mouse is, or<br>
'Active' - where the active window is --><br>
</placement><br>
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Cheers<br>
Andreas<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Jordan Mendler</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://jordanmendler.com" target="_blank">jordanmendler.com</a> | <a href="mailto:jmendler@ucla.edu" target="_blank">jmendler@ucla.edu</a></div>
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