[openbox] Task-Switching Behaving Strangely

[Don Mcallaster]

Adam Kessel wrote:
> In the last couple of days, task-switching (i.e., the action typically
> assigned to ALT-TAB) has changed its behavior, and I can't pinpoint the
> cause.  I suspect a recent xserver-xfree86 upgrade, since that's the
> main thing to change in the last five days, but I'm wondering whether
> this is an X issue or an openbox issue--or both.
> 
> If I hit alt-tab really quickly and release, I switch between asks as
> expected.  If I linger even for a moment, though, before releasing ALT,
> the outline of the window I am trying to switch to appears, but not the
> contents, and the graphic in the middle of the screen telling me the
> name of the window I am switching to just sticks there.  I have to hit
> Enter at that point to actually switch to the window and make the
> outline fill in.
> 
> Any ideas why this might be?

This happens to me every time I boot (not often). I have to restart the 
window manager in order to make NextWindow behave normally. After 
restarting, however, it gives me no more trouble. Does this help for you?

-- 
Don