[openbox] OT perhaps: how to trigger program when mouse is at the edge of the screen

[Ranjan Maitra]

TT,

Thank you very much for your response! I was not aware of which apps to look for, hence my query. And apologies again for posting what is clearly OT. 

Thanks again, now that I have a list of apps, I can then read the source code (I am sure that I have to read beyond the manual).

Btw, I looked up docker: 
https://icculus.org/openbox/2/docker/

But looking at the source code, I was a bit confused, does it have an autohide feature -- I could not tell, sorry. However, I also downloaded tint2 (and it is in C, yeay!) and I will be looking into it. The docker source code from the above site (also in C) was a mere 15 KB!

Thank you again for your help, and sorry again!

Best wishes,
Ranjan 

On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:56:43 +0300 TT <turkuting at gmail.com> wrote:

> i'm pretty sure openbox does not have such functionality, except for the 
> dock.
> 
> wbar is very lightweight, but also very limited in its functionality.
> it does not have an autohide feature.
> every, and i mean literally /every /other dock/panel i tried /has/ this 
> feature, which is exactly what you're asking for!
> so, again, it is not openbox', but the application's feature.
> a few other more or less lightweight panels that come to mind:
> 
>     *tint2, lxpanel, pypanel, xfce4-panel, docker, avant window
>     navigator (a.k.a. awn), fbpanel....*
> 
> and that is not the end of the list.
> try docker first, then lxpanel, then the rest.
> 
> i am positive that reading an apps documentation (a.k.a. RTFM) reduces 
> the need to ask OT questions by about 90%.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> TT
> 
> 
> On 09/23/2015 07:11 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am not sure that this is a question for Openbox but I thought I would ask to make sure that that is indeed so (and also to see if anyone had further ideas).
> >
> > So, here is what i want to do. I have wbar running (outside the dock) at the bottom-middle of the screen (I had originally planned to have it on the left-middle but decided to move it down).
> >
> > Anyway, I would like to get wbar triggered and show up only when the mouse is moved to the end of the bottom screen (and go away after soem action on wbar is triggered)? How does one do this in openbox or is this not an openbox issue? If the latter, then any suggestions as to where I should look? If this involves programming into wbar, I can try, but it would still help to see an example in C/C++/Fortran (ha, had to throw that in).
> >
> > Many thanks again for any suggestions you an give!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Ranjan
> >
> >
> >
> 


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