[openbox] No focus if skip_taskbar=yes

[Dana Jansens]

2009/8/27 Andras Fink <andreas.fink85 at googlemail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get urxvt to skip the taskbar, but at the same time to get input
> focus if opened. The entry in rc.xml looks like that:
>
>    <application name="urxvt">
>      <focus>yes</focus>
>      <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
>    </application>
>
> the problem is, that urxvt does NOT get the focus which is not very useful for
> a terminal (the same happens with every other application, so not only an
> urxvt issue).
> If I comment the <skip_taskbar>, then everything works (except of that I get
> now an entry in the taskbar).
> I just wanted to ask if this is by design, i.e. this is the desired behaviour
> or if this is a bug (then I'll file a bug report).

It is by design.  Apps that skip the taskbar are generally background
type windows that you don't want to give focus to on start.  Openbox
doesn't discriminate between windows that request the skip-taskbar
themselves verses those set that way in the config file.

dana