[openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog" (alt-tab)?

kario tay kariotay at inbox.com
Wed Jan 28 01:37:12 EST 2015


Hi Lucas - 

It works... unfortunately, the next window is
immediately raised (brought to the foreground)
rather than showing the "focus outline" and
allowing the user to A-Tab through
until the right window is found...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: graboluk at gmail.com
> Sent: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:02:00 +0000
> To: openbox at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
> (alt-tab)?
> 
> all I can see is that you use <action ... /> and I use <action...> ...
> </action>, but I don't know if it's relevant. Perhaps you could
> copy-paste my keybinding for A-S-Tab and see if it does what you want:
> <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
> <action name="PreviousWindow">
> <interactive>no</interactive>
> <dialog>none</dialog>
> </action>
> </keybind>
> 
> Best, L
> 
> 2015-01-25 1:52 GMT+00:00 kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com>:
>> Interesting:
>> 
>> Wondering if there's a flaw in my syntax somewhere.
>> 
>>   <!-- Keybindings for window switching -->
>>   <keybind key="A-Tab">
>>     <action name="NextWindow"/>
>>       <interactive>no</interactive>
>>       <dialog>none</dialog>
>>   </keybind>
>>   <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
>>     <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
>>       <interactive>no</interactive>
>>       <dialog>none</dialog>
>>   </keybind>
>>   <keybind key="C-A-Tab">
>>     <action name="NextWindow">
>>       <interactive>no</interactive>
>>       <dialog>none</dialog>
>>       <panels>yes</panels><desktop>yes</desktop>
>>     </action>
>>   </keybind>
>> 
>> I added
>>       <interactive>no</interactive>
>> 
>> to see if there was an effect, then issued 'openbox --reconfigure'
>> on the commandline (as the login user, of course).
>> 
>> Still no effect...
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: graboluk at gmail.com
>>> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:07:26 +0000
>>> To: openbox at icculus.org
>>> Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
>>> (alt-tab)?
>>> 
>>> reconfigure should be enough.
>>> 
>>> I use alt-tab to have switching between two windows without any dialog
>>> and alt-ctrl-tab to switch with a dialog. AFAI understand in my setup
>>> A-S-Tab does what you want.
>>> 
>>>     <keybind key="C-A-Tab">
>>>       <action name="NextWindow">
>>>         <finalactions>
>>>           <action name="Focus"/>
>>>           <action name="Raise"/>
>>>           <action name="Unshade"/>
>>>         </finalactions>
>>>       </action>
>>>     </keybind>
>>>     <keybind key="C-A-S-Tab">
>>>       <action name="PreviousWindow">
>>>         <finalactions>
>>>           <action name="Focus"/>
>>>           <action name="Raise"/>
>>>           <action name="Unshade"/>
>>>         </finalactions>
>>>       </action>
>>>     </keybind>
>>>     <keybind key="A-Tab">
>>>       <action name="NextWindow">
>>>       <interactive>no</interactive>
>>>       <dialog>none</dialog>
>>>       </action>
>>>     </keybind>
>>>     <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
>>>       <action name="PreviousWindow">
>>>       <interactive>no</interactive>
>>>       <dialog>none</dialog>
>>>       </action>
>>>     </keybind>
>>> 
>>> L
>>> 
>>> 2015-01-24 20:50 GMT+00:00 kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com>:
>>>> That looks great --
>>>> 
>>>> One other question: does the user have to log out and
>>>> log back in to see the changes, or will the changes
>>>> be visible after "re-configuring" openbox in the
>>>> current session?
>>>> 
>>>> I ask because I hit "ReConfigure Openbox" on the menu
>>>> and there's been no change; the menu still appears.
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> P.S. A search brings up a similar thread with XML example:
>>>> 
>>>>    <keybind key="A-Tab">
>>>>        <action name="NextWindow">
>>>>          <dialog>none</dialog>
>>>>        </action>
>>>>      </keybind>
>>>>      <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
>>>>        <action name="PreviousWindow">
>>>>          <dialog>none</dialog>
>>>>        </action>
>>>>      </keybind>
>>>> 
>>>> The solution appears to be:
>>>>          <dialog>none</dialog>
>>>> 
>>>> ...applied to both "A-Tab" and "A-S-Tab" keybindings.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: graboluk at gmail.com
>>>>> Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:12:58 +0000
>>>>> To: openbox at icculus.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
>>>>> (alt-tab)?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps
>>>>> http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#NextWindow
>>>>> is what you need?
>>>>> 
>>>>> L
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2015-01-24 15:54 GMT+00:00 kario tay <kariotay at inbox.com>:
>>>>>> Hi -
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I realized that there's no need (in my setup)
>>>>>> for the application-switcher dialog box that
>>>>>> pops up when you press Alt-Tab.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The only setting that I see in rc.xml governs
>>>>>> the desktop pager. It would be great if there
>>>>>> was something similar for the application-switching
>>>>>> "Focus" dialog box as well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there a way to disable that dialog -- while
>>>>>> keeping the keyboard shortcut's functionality
>>>>>> and the "window focus outline" visual cue that you
>>>>>> see when hitting Alt-Tab?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for your ideas.
>>>>>> 
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