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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/2015 11:48 AM, Johan Vromans
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:19:03 +0200
TT <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:turkuting@gmail.com"><turkuting@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">are you sure you have configured the mouse events to work on the root
window, aka desktop background?
or some other part of openbox, e.g. window titles?
are you using a desktop manager? if you say mate, you probably are.
openbox root window events won't work then!
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This would have been a possibility if root window events never worked. But
they work fine, for days, weeks, and then suddenly they do not work anymore.
Mouse clicks in windows, title bars and hot keys still work.
After some fiddling with programs and panel apps they sometimes work again.
Otherwise a logout/login is required. Openbox refresh and restart do not
help.
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<pre wrap="">i think it's best if you show us the relevant section of your
~/.config/openbox/rc.xml.
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Sure, no problem.</pre>
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i guess you're talking about this:<br>
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<tt> <context name="Root"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <!-- Menus --></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <mousebind button="Left" action="Press"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <action name="ShowMenu"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <menu>root-menu</menu></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </action></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </mousebind></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <action name="ShowMenu"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <menu>terms-menu</menu></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </action></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </mousebind></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <mousebind button="Right" action="Press"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <action name="ShowMenu"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <menu>exec-menu</menu></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </action></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </mousebind></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <mousebind button="A-Right" action="Press"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <action name="ShowMenu"></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> <menu>client-menu</menu></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </action></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </mousebind></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </context></tt><tt><br>
</tt><br>
i don't know what these terms-menu, exec-menu, client-menu are.<br>
are you sure they exist?<br>
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in any case, i guess you replaced whichever window manager mate is
using with openbox?<br>
if you want this to work, i think it's easier to keep all mate
keybinds, and use openbox as a window manager only. or then you have
to deal with the mate desktop environment to avoid all sorts of
overlappings.<br>
esp. the root window vs. desktop manager problem.<br>
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i have no clue why it sometimes work and sometimes not.<br>
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