[openbox] Openbox Shortcuts

Milad Pedari pedari at gmail.com
Sun Nov 13 07:56:48 EST 2011


Regarding the menu. Opening apps using the menu, will result in normal 
behaviour. Meaning windows open in the front. Looks like the shortcut 
handling is borken.

On 11/13/2011 12:34 PM, Milad Pedari wrote:
> Exactly. It only happens when using shortcuts like the predefined:
>
> <!-- Keybindings for running applications -->
> <keybind key="W-e">
> <action name="Execute">
> <startupnotify>
> <enabled>true</enabled>
> <name>PCManFM</name>
> </startupnotify>
> <command>pcmanfm</command>
> </action>
> </keybind>
> or:
> <!--keybindings for LXPanel -->
> <keybind key="W-r">
> <action name="Execute">
> <command>lxpanelctl run</command>
> </action>
> </keybind>
>
> I have not changed the original file at all. Winkey+E opens FM in the
> background. Winkey+R opens the Run-Dialog in the background. It is weird
> since these default shortcuts did work in Fedora 15. I upgraded a few
> days ago with a clean install.
>
> On 11/13/2011 01:06 AM, Paul wrote:
>> On Sunday, 13 November, 2011 at 00:01:06 GMT, Milad Pedari wrote:
>>> I am running Fedora 16 LXDE with Openbox. I am having some issues with
>>> the shortcuts in the xml-file. The shortcuts do open the applications
>>> appointed to them, but they open up in the background with the titlebar
>>> flashing, meaning non focused window. The option "Focus new windows when
>>> they appear" is activated in obconf. I couldn't find a solution to this
>>> problem yet. BTW I am using LXDE for a while now and I didn't encounter
>>> this problem in previous versions.
>>
>> First, check that you don't have anything that might be causing this in
>> the <applications> section of rc.xml. Does it only happen when using
>> shortcuts, but not when you open the same application (ie. same
>> 'command' or 'execute') via the menu (menu.xml)?
>>
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