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keerthi

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Registered: 2007-11-18

Posts: 95

[OpenBox] Window not getting focus if skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'

I have bound gmrun to ALT-F2. When I have skip_taskbar set to yes in rc.xml, gmrun does not get focus. This is quite annoying as I have manually click on it to get the focus.

    <application name="gmrun">
      <position>
        <x>center</x>
        <y>center</y>
      </position>
      <focus>yes</focus>
      <layer>above</layer>
      <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
    </application>

If, however, I remove skip_taskbar as shown below, gmrun get its focus when launched.

    <application name="gmrun">
      <position>
        <x>center</x>
        <y>center</y>
      </position>
      <focus>yes</focus>
      <layer>above</layer>
    </application>

* Same issue with mplayer/terminal - Doesn't get focus when skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'.

Last edited by keerthi (2008-10-03 19:45:36)

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,560

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Re: [OpenBox] Window not getting focus if skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'

Does Gmrun even show up in the taskbar without the setting?  It's been a while since I used a panel, but I don't recall ever seeing gmrun in the tasks.

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keerthi

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Registered: 2007-11-18

Posts: 95

Re: [OpenBox] Window not getting focus if skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'

No. gmrun doesn't show up in the taskbar with or without skip_taskbar=yes. But when skip_taskbar is set to "yes" for any application, it doesn't get focus when launched.
I really don't want to see terminal (gnome terminal) and mplayer in the taskbar. But they don't get focus when skip_taskbar is set.
[Can someone pls check this in your setup for me?]

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: [OpenBox] Window not getting focus if skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'

I also remember having that same issue with gmrun and skip_taskbar.

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keerthi

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Registered: 2007-11-18

Posts: 95

Re: [OpenBox] Window not getting focus if skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'

Its not only with gmrun. Like I said, if I set skip_taskbar to 'yes' for mplayer or gnome-terminal, they don't get focus. I have to manually click on the window every time they are lauched so they respond to key strokes.

dav7

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-08

Posts: 674

Re: [OpenBox] Window not getting focus if skip_taskbar is set to 'yes'

I have the same problem, but, and this part is really bad, I also mostly don't have this issue.

So I can't help except to say I run OB 3.4.7.2 and [sometimes!] have the same issue as you.

-dav7

Last edited by dav7 (2008-10-04 03:49:06)

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