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MONODA

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Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 256

sometimes in openbox...

I might have an application maximized and a bunch of other windows below that, and if I want to launch and application, I need to move all the windows out of the way so that I can access the desktop to launch and application. Is there any otherway to bring the applications menu up?

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: sometimes in openbox...

Add something like this to the keyboard section of your openbox' rc.xml:

<keybind key="A-w">
    <action name="ShowMenu">
        <menu>root-menu</menu>                                                                          
    </action>
</keybind>

Now the root-menu comes up at you mouse when you press Alt-W (you can change the keys).

stojic

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From: Zagreb, Croatia

Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 51

Re: sometimes in openbox...

Just bind it to key, there is an action "ShowMenu", you can look it up on openbox wiki.

edit: or in the post above

Last edited by stojic (2008-05-10 12:39:25)

MONODA

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Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 256

Re: sometimes in openbox...

thanks, is there anyway to show the menu the comes up when you middle click on the desktop?

bangkok_manouel

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From: indicates a starting point

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 1,556

Re: sometimes in openbox...

have a look here: http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Main_Page
you'll learn a lot of useful stuff about openbox

handy

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From: Oz

Registered: 2008-03-26

Posts: 719

Re: sometimes in openbox...

I used the Openbox Configuration Manager's Margins Tab to always leave a couple of pixels at the top of the screen so I can still access the Openbox RMB & middle button menus whenever I have an app' running full screen.

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xd-0

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-11-02

Posts: 327

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Re: sometimes in openbox...

Yupp, margin is the way to go. Have 1px on the sides. It also makes it possible to scroll to different desktops without using the keyboard.

mrcold

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 150

Re: sometimes in openbox...

Yupp, margin is the way to go. Have 1px on the sides. It also makes it possible to scroll to different desktops without using the keyboard.

thats what i do

handy

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From: Oz

Registered: 2008-03-26

Posts: 719

Re: sometimes in openbox...

Thanks xd-0 & mrcold, I hadn't twigged to that dragging/scrolling through desktop trick. It is a great way to work, with the added bonus of giving me two more places where I can access the OB menu when using a full screened app'.  Very

I run a 1 pixel border all around the screen now.

Last edited by handy (2008-05-16 08:14:27)

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I used to be surprised that I was still surprised by my own stupidity, finding it strangely refreshing.
Well, now I don't find it refreshing.
I'm over it!