[openbox] client-list-menu

[Martijn Kelder]

Hello Brandon,

When I start the client-list-menu (root), only the ONE-item (first level) is 
highlighted. The first item (second level) of the list which belongs to the 
ONE-item is not highlighted. I think this is the bug you mentioned.
OK, so I have to wait for a patch which will the client-list-menu (or other 
menu) force to highlighten that first item. But this is just part of my 
problem. I also want the menu to go to the {X}-item (first level) of the 
client-list-menu (root), where X stands for Desktop X: the desktop at which 
the user has invoked the client-list-menu!

I think the solution is not that hard. After openbox has built the menu, a 
few actions, which the user normally has to do itself, has to be performed. 
But, as you say, the code is hard to wade through and bad documented as 
well.

I will wait...

thankz
martijn


>From: Brandon Cash <brandoncash at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: openbox at icculus.org
>To: openbox at icculus.org
>Subject: Re: [openbox] client-list-menu
>Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:37:43 -0500
>
>Hello, hello, hello.
>
>It sounds to me like you just want an item to be highlighted initially when 
>the menu is created--this shouldn't be specific to client-list-menu.
>
>You should probably check out bug 2228 in bugzilla: 
>http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2228
>The title is, aptly, "No entry initially highlighted upon opening a menu."  
>There is a bit of a discussion about it and possible future solutions.  
>There is no patch at the moment.
>
>I doubt anything is being done about this bug at the moment, but patches 
>would obviously be welcome.
>
>Some of the code for openbox is a bit hard to wade through, but I'm sure 
>this bug will get fixed some time or another.  For now, just use the down 
>key followed by enter.
>
>-- Brandon Cash
>
>
>
>Martijn Kelder wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have been using openbox for a few days now. I installed it on ubuntu 
>>through the synaptic application. It is a nice lightweight desktop 
>>environment for sure! However, right at this moment, there is one thing I 
>>would like to change.
>>
>>Suppose I am at Desktop 3. A lot of applications have been opened in that 
>>window. When I want to select a program through the client-list-menu, I 
>>have to direct the mouse pointer via the keyboard or via the mouse to 
>>Desktop 3, to be able to select an application which is running on that 
>>Desktop.
>>
>>I downloaded the latest version from the CVS to change the 
>>client-list-menu myself. However, without help I won't succeed! I want the 
>>client-list-menu to set the pointer by itself, at the first application of 
>>the list of applications of the Deskop at which a client-list-menu 
>>invocation has been done by the user. So, the result would be that I only 
>>have to press the Enter key to select the first application in the list of 
>>applications of Desktop
>>
>>Could anyone help me?
>>
>>thankz,
>>Martijn
>>
>>
>>
>