[openbox] OB3 important missing human-interface feature!

[Clay Barnes]

On 18:08 Fri 23 Jun     , Clay Barnes wrote:
> On 02:52 Sat 24 Jun     , Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, David Courtney wrote:
> > 
> > >> At least on my box, they grow to the edge of the screen, not to the next
> > >> application edge.  Is this a bug, or the intended use?
> > >
> > >Dude, are you talking about the maximize button?
> Nope.  Ha ha ha.  Imagine a UI Computer Scientist who doesn't recognize
> a maximize button!  <grin>
> > >
> > >Consider the following:
> > >
> > ><keybind key="C-A-R">
> > >       <keybind key="Left">
> > >               <action name="GrowToEdgeWest"/>
> > >       </keybind>
> > >       <keybind key="Right">
> > >               <action name="GrowToEdgeEast"/>
> > >       </keybind>
> > >       <keybind key="Up">
> > >               <action name="GrowToEdgeNorth"/>
> > >       </keybind>
> > >       <keybind key="Down">
> > >               <action name="GrowToEdgeSouth"/>
> > >      </keybind>
> > ></keybind>
> > >
> > >When I press CTLR+ALT+R, and tap the right arrow key, it *grows* the
> > >window to the border of the window to the right.  Not to the edge of
> > >the screen.
> Hm.  I'll rebuild my OB3 from the latest sources.  At least for now this
> section of my file:
> 
> <keybind key="W-A-KP_4">
>   <action name="GrowToEdgeWest"/>
> </keybind>
> <keybind key="W-A-KP_6">
>   <action name="GrowToEdgeEast"/>
> </keybind>
> <keybind key="W-A-KP_8">
>   <action name="GrowToEdgeNorth"/>
> </keybind>
> <keybind key="W-A-KP_2">
>   <action name="GrowToEdgeSouth"/>
> </keybind>
> 
> does not resize windows as per my suggestion, though I may just have a
> buggy CVS or something.  I'll post later.
GAAAAAAAH!  Okay, I'm an idiot.  I had this entry in two seperate parts
of the file (difference names for the KP_* buttons), so the resize was
being called twice, causing it to pass the first border, and reach the
screen edge.  Sorry for all the inanity (<-not a typo) on the list.
> > >
> > >I've figured it out and I didn't even know this feature existed until
> > >your original post.  Then Mikael lambasted me for not reading the
> > >docs.  And I pointed out that I have read the docs, but I didn't even
> > >realize what the feature was talking about - based on the description
> > >in the docs.
> > 
> > I did not lambast you, i made a jocular remark.
> > 
> > What does confuse me though is Clay not replying to anything in the other 
> > subthread.
> > 
> > --
> > Mikael Magnusson