[Openbox] Maximised windows [solved]

orschiro · 2011-09-20 19:28:06

Hi guys,

I have a couple of applications which I want to have maximised main windows, such as Inkscape.

However I do not want the dialog windows of that application to be maximised as well.

How can I define that in Openbox?

My rc.xml which is not supporting this right now.

<application class="Chrome">
    <maximized>yes</maximized>
  </application>
  <application class="Zathura">
    <maximized>yes</maximized>
  </application>
  <application class="Gvim">
    <maximized>yes</maximized>
  </application>
  <application class="Inkscape">
    <maximized>yes</maximized>
  </application>
  <application type="dialog">
    <maximized>no</maximized>
  </application>
  <application type="normal">
    <maximized>no</maximized>
  </application>

Regards

Last edited by orschiro (2011-09-22 06:52:07)

hellbuster · 2011-09-21 00:28:29

I'm using devilspie to do that. I have the .devilspie/inkscape.ds file with the following:

(if (matches (window_name) "[\w\s\.]* - Inkscape") (maximize))

But I'm interested in a solution that only uses the rc.xml file.

jfb3 · 2011-09-21 06:24:43

Have you read this page?

The right combination of class and title ought to work.

orschiro · 2011-09-21 06:40:51

But wouldn't that mean that I have to define a non-maximised rule for every single window of an application which I do not want to be maximised?

As for example for Inkscape, there is not only one dialog window that shouldn't be maximised.

Regards

jfb3 · 2011-09-21 06:42:57

I think you should be able to define a rule to only maximize the main window. Thus leaving any others unaffected.

orschiro · 2011-09-21 07:14:27

I'm not sure about that. How should I address the main window which title is changing after I have saved the session and renamed it so that it isn't named 'New document 1 - Inkscape' anymore?

_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT, _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ
_OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal"
_OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "New document 1 - Inkscape"
_OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "Inkscape"
_OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "inkscape"
_OB_APP_ROLE(UTF8_STRING) = 
_NET_WM_VISIBLE_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "New document 1 - Inkscape"
_NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "New document 1 - Inkscape"

Last edited by orschiro (2011-09-21 07:14:46)

jfb3 · 2011-09-21 13:55:58

I'd think that the class would be the same but the title could be matched with wildcards {* - Inkscape} (or something like that).

orschiro · 2011-09-21 19:02:07

I suppose you mean a configuration like that.

  <application class="Inkscape">
    <maximized>no</maximized>
  </application>
  <application title="* - Inkscape">
    <maximized>yes</maximized>
  </application>

Again this does opens all Inkscape windows maximised.

The output of obxprop for one of the other windows which shouldn't be maximised:

_OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal"
_OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "Export Bitmap (Shift+Ctrl+E)"
_OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "Inkscape"
_OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "inkscape"
_OB_APP_ROLE(UTF8_STRING) =

Regards

jfb3 · 2011-09-21 19:22:15

What does obxprop report for the other windows you don't want maximized?

orschiro · 2011-09-21 19:54:51

I mentioned it already in the last post.

Again, this window should not be maximised:

_OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal"
_OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "Export Bitmap (Shift+Ctrl+E)"
_OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "Inkscape"
_OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "inkscape"
_OB_APP_ROLE(UTF8_STRING) =

This window, the main window, should:

_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT, _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ
_OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal"
_OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "New document 1 - Inkscape"
_OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "Inkscape"
_OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "inkscape"
_OB_APP_ROLE(UTF8_STRING) = 
_NET_WM_VISIBLE_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "New document 1 - Inkscape"
_NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "New document 1 - Inkscape"

jfb3 · 2011-09-22 02:58:58

I need to install an app with similar window naming to test...

Last edited by jfb3 (2011-09-22 02:59:08)

Larsson · 2011-09-22 04:52:01

orschiro wrote:

I suppose you mean a configuration like that.

  <application class="Inkscape">
    <maximized>no</maximized>
  </application>
  <application title="* - Inkscape">
    <maximized>yes</maximized>

I added that code to my rc.xml in the application section (the one not commented) and it worked fine. The main window started maximized but the export bitmap window remainded in window mode. There's probably something wrong in your ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml

orschiro · 2011-09-22 06:51:49

Indeed you're right. Openbox still opened the export bitmap window maximised even though the rule should not force it to. I changed it to my preferred old size and since then it opens with that size.

Regards

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[Openbox] Maximised windows [solved]

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