[openbox] Windowplacement undermouse on start

Dana Jansens danakj at orodu.net
Wed Apr 16 09:44:39 EDT 2008


On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Bernhard Stoeckner
<elven at swordcoast.net> wrote:
> Hi.
>
>  I wonder, is it possible to open new windows started through the
>  desktop menu, or keybinds, where the mouse cursor *was* on the time of
>  clicking/pressing, instead where it is when the application finished
>  loading?
>
>  It is kind of annoying to open a browser on one screen, then go work on
>  another one waiting for firefox to load (which easily takes a few
>  seconds with all extensions loaded) just to have it pop up where you're
>  in the middle of typing something.

If you use the startup notify protocol to launch applications from the
menu, then they will open on the desktop where you launched it, rather
than where you currently are.  The docs describe how to use it when
launching things.



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