[openbox] alt-tab customization

[Ian Zimmerman]

On 2018-02-26 15:28, Rahul S wrote:

> I am a long time user of FVWM2 and have been using it with a lot of
> customization. I recently started using LXDE/openbox and was able to
> redo most of the customization. Two of the pain points for me are:
> 
> 1. When I press alt-tb on FVWM2, it displays a window list with the
> current window selected. But in LXDE/openbox, the next window is
> selected. I tend to peek at my open windows frequently and keep
> getting switched out of my current window in LXDE.
> 
> 2. I tend to have a lot of applications open on my desktop. So, I
> press alt-tab and use my mouse to select the right window from the
> list instead of repeatedly pressing alt-tab. I can't do that now.
> 
> Are there any configuration settings which can get me this behaviour
> on openbox as well ?

Probably not the answer you want, but it does cover both of your points:
stop using Alt-Tab completely (or the gadget which is conventionally
bound to that key), and start using the Window menu.

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