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#1 2006-10-19 07:52:41

twiistedkaos
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OpenBox3 Question

Is it possible to open openbox menu items with a command? For example I plan to write a simple plugin for myself to add menu's to pypanel. I want to be able to  click on a pypanel button, and have it open the openbox menu.

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#2 2006-10-19 08:15:27

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

I hope to have understood your question, I have in rc.xml:

  <keybind>
    <action><menu>root-menu</menu></action>
  </keybind>

this will open the ob-menu; I have looked for a way to bind the root-menu action to a button (in pypanel or elsewhere) but without success, neither I have seen this implemented somewhere.


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#3 2006-10-19 08:31:02

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

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Last edited by benplaut (2021-06-25 12:38:47)

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#4 2006-10-19 09:10:28

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

benplaut wrote:
10:27:44       benplaut | hey, mikachu
10:27:45       benplaut | http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=26175
10:27:52       benplaut | any suggestions for the fella?
10:28:03 @      Mikachu |  you want me to help someone else?
10:28:18       benplaut | yea ;)
10:28:28 @      Mikachu |  you can do it, sort of, but no
10:28:35       benplaut | >_>
10:29:03 @      Mikachu |  if you were to write a small communication protocol

Well...
(Mikachu is the lead dev of ob)

What I do is leave a few pixels open on the end of the panel and realign it to the other corner, then you can just click/right click in the space

Hmm thanks, I'll just write a whole new plugin for pypanel xD

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#5 2006-10-19 10:06:40

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

yeah like click clock ... & a terminal appears lol


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#6 2006-10-19 12:33:24

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

Mr Green wrote:

yeah like click clock ... & a terminal appears lol

hehe sort of tongue

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#7 2006-10-19 12:40:05

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

I know pypanel can have launchers guess you could click on those .....

Or tie to clock .... a script to open a menu

Guess you have already figured that out lol.....


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#8 2006-10-19 13:05:53

twiistedkaos
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Re: OpenBox3 Question

Mr Green wrote:

I know pypanel can have launchers guess you could click on those .....

Or tie to clock .... a script to open a menu

Guess you have already figured that out lol.....

Hehe, yes that is what I am basically leaning towards right now tongue

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#9 2006-10-20 08:08:18

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

If Openbox had dbus implementated, it would be completely supreme.

openbox --open-menu

That would be very hot.


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#10 2006-10-20 19:24:11

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

Perhaps someone should suggest it to the developer... :shock:

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#11 2006-10-21 09:15:06

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

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Last edited by benplaut (2021-06-25 12:38:24)

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#12 2006-12-21 15:47:01

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

Ok, I'm a few months late, but you can do something like this in FVWM. In fact, you can do anything in FVWM. (except cooking)


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#13 2006-12-21 16:19:24

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

That was very helpful.

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#14 2006-12-21 19:54:32

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Re: OpenBox3 Question

I found this when googling. http://www.linuxtoys.org/xirrc/xirrc.c
You could take that part wich sends keycodes to X, and use the key you assigned to openbox menu.


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