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

kario tay kariotay at inbox.com
Wed Jan 28 02:00:08 EST 2015


(...and, of course, I meant Lukasz.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kariotay at inbox.com
> Sent: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:37:12 -0800
> To: openbox at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [openbox] Is there a way to remove the "Focus Dialog"
> (alt-tab)?
> 
> 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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