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

[Dana Jansens]

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well according to the debug info, it's a feature :

Just cuz it sounds like it knows what it's doing doesn't mean it's a feature..

> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) focus_set_client 0x400003
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) ignoring enters from 2374 until 2374
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) EnterNotify mode 0 detail 4 serial 2374 on 400003,
> focusing window
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) ignoring enters from 2973 until 2974
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Going to try activate new window? yes
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Want to focus window 0xa00003 at time 688833456
> launched at 0 (last user interaction time 688832174)
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Not focusing the window because it is on another
> desktop and no relatives are focused
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Focus stealing prevention activated for (Untitled) at
> time 688833456 (last user interaction time 688832174)
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) ignoring enters from 3101 until 3100
> Openbox-Debug: (FOCUS) Frame for 0xa00003 has focus: 1
>
>
> Looking ( briefly ) at the code,the code is at client.c ( lines 780 - 792 )
> .
> I can't find any nice way around this ( I can always delete it and recompile
> ) .
>
> Any thoughts ?

You should file a bug report in the bugzilla, cuz if i understand your
use case directly, I want it to be doing what you want it to be doing,
which means it's a bug :)

- Dana

> -Mark.
>
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 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 ?
>>
>> probably a bug.
>>
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> run openbox --debug and look at its stdout, or in ~/.cache/openbox.log
>>
>>
>> >> - 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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