[openbox] I have a problem with focus not given to new lunched windows.

[Mark Bloch]

I just would like to add that is seems that a new window is given focus only
if I'm not inside an application.

for example: if I'm on desktop 1 ,no application running on that desktop,
and try to open an application on desktop 3, it gives focus to the new
application.

if I'm on desktop 1 inside firefox ( for example ) and try to open an
application on desktop 3 it doesn't give that application focus.

is that a feature or a bug ? if a feature can I change it ?

- Mark.

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thx for the tip, I've gone ahead and installed openbox from the git repo.
> It seems to work but not very reliably, in fact it works only with one
> program ( lilyterm , and even with that, not always ) but not with :
> mousepad, firefox, geany or chrome .
>
> is there any log files or anything I can look into in order to find out why
> it's not working?
>
> - Mark .
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a problem with my openbox configuration.
>> > I have these options in my rc.xml file:
>> > <focusNew>yes</focusNew>
>> >
>> > and I have this keybind:
>> > <keybind key="C-l">
>> >       <keybind key="f">
>> >         <action name="Execute">
>> >           <command>firefox-bin</command>
>> >         </action>
>> >       </keybind>
>> > </keybind>
>> >
>> > under <applications> I have:
>> > <focus>yes</focus>
>> >
>> > and this:
>> > <application
>> > name="firefox*"><desktop>1</desktop><raise>yes</raise></application>
>> >
>> > .
>> >
>> > Everything works fine, when I press the keybind combo, firefox is
>> lunched on
>> > desktop #1, the problem is, it doesn't get focus!
>> > I have to switch manually to desktop #1.
>> >
>> > I want it to get focus when it's lunched, is there something I'm
>> missing?
>>
>> This was brought up in the past on here, or on IRC.  The <focus> flag
>> will cause openbox to move to the application's desktop in our git
>> version.  In 3.4.x it doesn't do this.
>>
>>
>> - Dana
>>
>> > Thanks for the help,
>> >                              Mark Bloch.
>> >
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