[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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