2 * Not to be outdone by the cairo team, I introduced a bug in the last release
3 which made resizing not give any feedback. This is now fixed.
6 * Fully updated Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German,
7 French, Hungarian, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish,
8 Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Portuguese translations
9 * Partially updated Spanish translation
10 * Add an example of the "force" option for the per-app placement options to
11 the default rc.xml file
12 * Add a new xdg-autostart script. This will eventually end up in the PyXDG
13 distribution hopefully, but it is included in Openbox for now. This script
14 runs things based on the freedesktop.org autostart specification. You can
15 have it run GNOME, KDE, ROX, or XFCE specific things if you want. The
16 new default system-wide autostart.sh script runs it automatically
17 * Update the default menu.xml to include a lot of common apps
18 * Fix white font shadows (negative shadowtint)
19 * Update the autostart.sh to find gnome-settings-daemon correctly, as the
20 GNOME people have moved it to libexec
21 * Fix focus possibly getting stolen when using the Focus action
22 * Drastically speed up rendering of Vertical and SplitVertical gradients
23 * Speed improvements also for Horizonal and Pyramid gradients
24 * Add new theme options, menu.overlap.x and menu.overlap.y options, that let
25 you independently control the horizontal and vertical position of submenus
26 * Change _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages to not change the current desktop, but
27 to bring the window to the current desktop instead. This is the industry
29 * Use the pretty new openbox.png icon as the default window icon
30 * Allow matching per-application rules to windows by their window type
31 (normal, dialog, splash, etc). The default rc.xml has more details
32 * Add new Openbox-themed prompt windows. Use these prompt windows to ask
33 before killing off windows that aren't responding. This also means we
34 don't need to ping every window constantly forever
35 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Execute action. If this is set to a
36 string, a dialog will be shown with that string in it and "yes"/"no"
37 buttons. The command to be executed will only be run if the user selects
39 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Exit action, which is a boolean (not a
40 string). When true, Openbox will show a dialog confirming if you want to
41 exit. The default is to show the prompt
42 * Reduce Openbox's memory footprint and speed up rendering through the use
43 of a new icon cache, so that Openbox only needs to keep 1 copy of an icon
44 when 100 different windows share it
45 * Make Openbox menus have the "menu type" hint for compositors to see and use
46 * Fix the MoveResizeTo action for negative coords (opposite edges)
47 * Fix key bindings getting lost if multiple bindings at the same level could
48 not be translated (Fixes VMWare causing Openbox keybindings to stop
50 * Fix the resize popup box for terminal windows with a base size of 0 (show
51 the right size values for urxvt terminals)
52 * Fix some off-by-one bugs with the edge growing/shrinking code
53 * Add new theme options for menu line separators: menu.separator.color,
54 menu.separator.width, menu.separator.padding.width,
55 menu.separator.padding.height
56 * Add xfce-mcs-manager to the default autostart.sh, and run it automatically
57 when gnome-settings-daemon is not present to have GTK apps inherit settings
58 from the XFCE configuration tools
59 * Make the send-to-desktop menu in the client-menu indicate which is the current
60 desktop for omnipresent windows, and don't close it if just toggling
61 omni-presence when ctrl-clicking
62 * Add a new SessionLogout action that logs out through the session manager,
63 when running Openbox within a session manager such as within an
64 GNOME/Openbox or KDE/Openbox session. The action includes a <prompt>
65 option which is similar to the Exit action's
66 * Add a new gdm-control command that lets you control gdm from within an X
67 session. The gdm-control lets you change GDM's behaviour for when you end
68 the current session. For instance, you can tell GDM to reboot, and
69 then immediately log out of the current session, and the computer will be
71 * Show an information dialog when an error occurs for Openbox, such as when
72 the Execute action fails or when XML syntax errors are present in the
74 * When making a window very narrow, don't draw buttons to the right of the title
75 on top of the ones on its left.
78 * Updated Clearlooks theme
79 * Add the force="yes/no" option for the per-app settings' <position> tag
80 * Raise and focus modal children and their direct parents together, improved
81 usability with direct modal transient windows
82 * Fix crash when using <raise> for NextWindow and there are no windows
84 * Add the <manageDesktops> option in the rc.xml <menu> section, which toggles
85 the "Manage Desktops" section appearing in the combined-client-list-menu
86 * Fix for menu headers showing the wrong text
87 * Fix for the <focusLast> behavior
88 * Treat modal direct children as one window with their parent consistently
91 * Added Basque translation
92 * Updated French, Vietnamese German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese,
93 Brasilian Portuguese, Norwegian, and Finnish translations
94 * New Clearlooks theme, updated by David Barr
95 * Updated the previous Clearlooks theme, and renamed it to Clearlooks-3.4
96 * Allow dialog type windows to go fullscreen (Fixes Kpdf)
97 * Remove the extraneous top border for undecorated windows while maximized
98 * Fixes for keyboard modifiers (Alt-tab dialog getting stuck on screen for
100 * Automatically catch changes to the keyboard map and reconfigure the key
102 * Fix focus moving incorrectly sometimes with focus under mouse enabled
103 * Make default configuration focus the desktop when you right click
104 * Add the <bar> and <raise> options for all window cycling actions, allowing
105 you to have your target window temporarily raised above all others, and to
106 turn the focus target indicator bar off
107 * Improve the LastDesktop action to not remember desktops you skipped across
108 * Ignore mouse clicks that are made on override-redirect (unmanaged) windows
109 * When opening a menu with a key binding, don't use the key binding to run
110 something in the menu
111 * Add a <monitor> option for window placement, which gives you the option
112 to place new windows on the active monitor, or the monitor where the mouse
113 is, instead of on any monitor (for xinerama multihead setups)
114 * Add options for placing the window move/resize coordinate popup window in
115 a fixed position on screen, rather than relative to the window being
117 * Prevent the dock from auto-hiding completely offscreen if the theme has
120 * Fix race condition when running things that want to grab the keyboard
121 (e.g. gnome-panel-control --main-menu)
122 * When dialog windows ask to not appear in the taskbar, still give them focus
123 in normal ways (fixes new GNOME session logout dialogs)
124 * Fix bug with resizing corners on certain parts of the window frame
125 * Ping applications to tell when they are running or have become frozen.
126 Show a [Not Responding] message in the title bar of windows which are
128 * When closing a window which is [Not Responding], kill the window's process
129 if it is running on the same machine as Openbox. Otherwise, just
131 the window from the X display. A second attempt to close a [Not
133 window will kill it forcefully (kill -9).
134 * Fixes for internal timers
135 * Add a <wmclass> option for the execute action's startup-notification. This
136 lets you tell Openbox that the application will map a window with the
137 specified class - for applications that do not support startup-notification
139 * Fix for empty dock taking up space onscreen after a reconfigure
140 * Reduce Openbox's additional memory footprint per-window and per-menu
141 * Faster horizontal gradient rendering
142 * Don't deiconify windows that aren't allowed to be directly iconified on
143 restart (eg toolbars), as they can be iconified by other means
144 * Improve support for fullscreen windows in xinerama (TwinView) and
145 multiple-screen setups
146 * Add a --config-file command line option, to specify an alternate
147 configuration file path
150 * Added Hungarian translation
151 * Updated Finnish, Russian, German and French translations
152 * Fixed some very minor memory leaks
153 * Hide the desktop popup when showing the focus popup
154 * Fix a crash when trying to access the More... menu of
155 client-list-combined-menu
156 * Fix the coordinate popup only showing up on the first monitor in xinerama
157 * Add --exit to exit the currently running openbox instance
160 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation
161 * Updated Norwegian translation
162 * Fix for MoveToEdge skipping edges sometimes
163 * Let you specify the vertical and horizontal padding independently in themes
164 * Fix so that if you select an omnipresent window on another desktop in the
165 client list menus, it will go to that desktop
166 * Make the GrowToEdge action shrink once there is no more room to grow,
167 similar to in 3.4.2, but shrinking to edges as well
168 * Move the Send To and Layers submenus to the top of the client menu
169 * Fix race causing omnipresent windows to lose focus when switching desktops
171 * Don't focus new windows on other desktops if they aren't related to the
172 currently focused window
173 * Add corner resizing areas in the inner client border (Fixes themes such
175 * New focus stealing prevention that is smart and not intrusive and not
177 * Revert a small change in 3.4.3 that caused windows to be placed funny in
178 Smart placement when there was a dock or something on the side of the
180 * Show a notification when switching desktops
181 * Fix for delayed focus-follows-mouse interrupting move/resize or menus
182 * Make screen edge warp keep warping without having the move the mouse 1
184 * Fix for resizing terminals in the top/left sides getting a little confused
185 * Fix to keep oldschool (Non-EWMH) fullscreen windows from being moved and
186 resized inside of the struts (Fixes Acroread)
187 * Accept the <command> option for the Restart command, similar to the Execute
189 * Don't make clicking on dock apps sometimes act like clicking on the root
190 window (Don't propogate button events up)
191 * Fix a bug introduced in 3.4.3 which caused the Windows key as a modifier
192 for bindings to not work properly
193 * Let windows skip across monitors in a Xinerama setup when using MoveToEdge
194 or Shift-arrow in an interactive move
195 * Make move and resize take the dock into account for resistance
196 * Raise new windows when it makes sense, when they aren't being focused
197 * Change default config to use click events for mouse wheel bindings instead
201 * Add Ukrainian translation
202 * Updated translations:
203 - Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Estonian, German, Portuguese,
204 Vietnamese, Finnish, Czech, Arabic, Spanish, Swedish, French
205 * Improve focus fallback - don't fallback to windows you can't focus cycle
207 * Don't show the client border for undecorated windows when keepBorder is on,
208 just the outer border
209 * Some improvements in the smart placement to help it find a place more
210 often. This needs more work still.
211 * Don't focus windows that appear under the mouse in mouse-focus mode unless
212 underMouse is enabled
213 * Don't move focus when the window under the pointer iconifies unless
214 underMouse is enabled
215 * Respect min/max window sizes when a window is fullscreened or maximized.
216 This fixes problems experienced with maximizing vnc windows
217 * Don't XUngrabKeyboard unless we need to
218 * Correct calculations for the menu header width, so that they are not
219 ellisized unnecessarily
220 * Advanced support for partial struts. When you maximize a window it will
221 now only use the struts it needs to. This can greatly improve
222 xinerama functionality.
223 * Fixes for how the dock is placed in certain positions on screen (off by 1
225 * New default bindings:
226 - don't unshade when clicking on the titlebar
227 - raise when unshading with the scrollwheel
228 - lower when shading with the scrollwheel
229 * Don't show the top resize area in the titlebar when a window is shaded
230 * Optimize rendering of window decorations
231 * Optimize splitvertical gradients - no more malloc/free during render
232 * Let the theme specify all colors for a splitvertical gradient with the new
233 .splitTo theme elements
234 * Improve decorations for maximized windows. Don't draw the side borders in
236 * Don't resist against desklet windows (below layer + skip taskbar)
237 * New actions for dynamically adjusting your desktop workspaces:
238 - AddDesktopLast, RemoveDesktopLast
239 - AddDesktopCurrent, RemoveDestopCurrent
240 * New <center> option for smart placement (default is on)
241 * Fix MoveToCenter in Xinerama (TwinView) setups
242 * Let you lower a window without lowering its children or siblings
243 * Don't set the default Openbox icon on child windows, let them inherit the
244 icon from their parents
245 * Fix Onyx themes - fade out disabled buttons
246 * Don't auto-resize windows to fit on screen if they are UserSpecified
248 * Don't activate windows which raise themselves anymore. It was a nice
249 thought, but it caused too much problems
250 * Rewrite of the actions subsystem
251 * Removed deprecated actions:
252 - ShowDesktop, UnshowDesktop (Use ToggleShowDesktop)
253 - ResizeRelativeVert, ResizeRelativeHorz (Use ResizeRelative)
254 * Combined the MoveFromEdge* actions with MoveToEdge* actions, and removed
255 the MoveFromEdge* action names.
256 * Switch desktops when moving a window and you drag it to the edge of the
257 screen (added the <screenEdgeWarpTime> option for this)
258 * Add actions to add/remove the last desktop in the client list menus
259 * Use startup notification when launching ObConf in the default root menu
260 * Remove the desktop switching dialog, as it confuses people and they don't
261 know how to turn it off to switch desktops instantly. Some other
262 incarnation may return in the future.
263 * Add optional <finalactions> option for NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
264 DirectionalFocus*, and DirectionalTarget* actions
265 * Don't focus new helper windows unless they are alone in their group. This
267 * Fancy keyboard window moving:
268 - Shift-arrow will move the window to the next edge
269 - Control-arrow will move the window by only 1 pixel
270 - Arrow will move the window by a larger number of pixels
271 * Fancy keyboard window resizing:
272 - The first arrow will choose an edge to resize (then you can grow or
273 shrink the window on that edge)
274 - Hitting an arrow perpendicular to your selected edge will choose a
275 different edge to resize
276 - Shift-arrow will grow/shrink the window to the next edge
277 - Control arrow will grow/shrink the window by only 1 pixel
278 - Arrow will grow/shrink the window by a larger number of pixel
279 * Timeout when synchronously resizing a window so you can still resize busy
280 or dead application windows
281 * Let you specify keyboard shortcuts in your root menus with _. Such as
282 label="XTe_rm" would make 'r' the shortcut key.
283 * Fixes for placing windows with per-app settings:
284 - you can now place windows relative to any edge of the screen instead of
285 only the top left. (-0 uses the far edge, +0 uses the near edge. You can
286 use --0 and +-0 to specify negative numbers.)
287 - fix bug with windows being placed far off-screen occasionally
288 - allow you to place windows partially outside of the screen
289 - let per-app settings override program-specified positions (but not if it
291 * Add user-specified margins to the configuration file
292 * Fix for transient windows in groups with transient windows of the group
293 transients. That wasn't supposed to be legible. i.e. 2 group transients
294 and 1 direct transient for one of the group transients.
295 * Don't include child/parent windows in tests for being occluded or occluding
296 other windows, since you can't raise/lower above/below them. This fixes
297 the raiselower action for windows which have children.
298 * Reduce the size of the middle gradient in splitvertical gradients. This
299 makes the split harder than it was in 3.4.2
300 * Don't include debian/ dir in releases
301 * Add resize bindings for the edges to the default hardcoded bindings
302 * Fix focus cycle indicator positioning for some windows (i.e. OpenOffice)
303 * Add the MoveResizeTo action. This is very xinerama aware! It also lets
304 you move a window to any edge of any screen.
305 * Make actions that look for edges include the dock's edges (e.g. MoveToEdge)
306 * New preferred option for the Execute action is <command> instead of
307 <execute> but the old one will still work.
308 * Fix for moving windows partially offsceen causing them to jump far away
309 * Fix for windows which are not on any monitor, to keep them on screen
311 * Require libstartupnotification 0.8 in configure (we use stuff that was not
312 around in some earlier versions)
313 * Grab the server when mapping windows to avoid race conditions in other
314 programs (getting MapNotify before you are visible)
315 * Handle case gracefully when ConfigureRequent for restacking specifies
316 a siblig which we aren't managing
317 * Use KeyRelease to run things from Openbox menus, so that the release
318 does not go to the focused window (causing the new window to not get
320 * Add new actions for controlling window decorations:
321 - Decorate, Undecorate
322 * Fix so that the values for per-app settings are not case sensitive
323 * Fix crash with very small windows
324 * Fix resize resistance for windows with aspect ratio limits
325 * Let you resize windows with aspect ratio limits in the vertical directions
328 * Add ability to set the bevel strength in themes
329 * Fix for focusLast with omnipresent windows
330 * Cache pipe menus while the menus are open
331 * Allow non-interactive directional focus key bindings
332 * Change how nested interactive key bindings work (it stays in the key chain,
333 like chroot, until you end the interactive action)
334 * Fix for gtk apps trying to get focus - mostly nullify focus stealing
335 prevention (Fixes Tilda)
336 * Send ConfigureNotify always on ConfigureRequest (Previous emacs fix
337 makes this possible now)
338 * Fix RelativeResize action for right/bottom edges
339 * Remove SCIM from the default autostart.sh - it has caused problems with
340 some (buggy) panels, such as pypanel
341 * Fix the titlebar changing to non-focused when iconifying a window with
343 * Use the new osd theme hints for the dock, rather than the titlebar hints
344 * Fix rare crash when menu is hidden while browsing it
345 * End move/resize more cleanly when focus moves during a move/resize
346 * Don't focus new windows when browsing a menu or moving/resizing a window,
347 just flash the window instead, so that the menu/move/resize doesn't have to
351 * Add Vietnamese translation
352 * Add Japanese translation
353 * Keep new transient windows from not getting focus when any related window
355 * Change behavior of underMouse option - make focus go under the mouse when
356 no window has focus anymore, rather than to the last used window
357 * Make on-screen display dialogs (such as the Alt-Tab dialog) appear on the
358 active monitor when using Xinerama (a.k.a. TwinView)
359 * Fix for window stacking - let you lower sibling transient windows behind
361 * Fix directional focus actions when used without a dialog
362 * Fix race that could prevent ObConf from setting the desktop names correctly
363 * Add new theme options:
364 - window.active.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
365 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
366 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
367 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.image.color
368 - window.inactive.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
369 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
370 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
371 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.image.color
372 - window.active.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
373 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
374 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.bg
375 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.bg
376 - window.inactive.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
377 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
378 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.bg
379 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.bg
380 * Add new Onyx and Onyx-Citrus themes
381 * Updated Mikachu theme using new theme options
382 * Improvements to splitvertical gradients - Add a small gradient in the
383 middle between the upper and lower gradients
384 * Fix another emacs event storm, don't configure the window when it sets its
385 WM_NORMAL_HINTS unless we have to
386 * Fix for focus cycling to helper windows - Don't count dialogs as a sibling,
387 so they don't stop you
388 * Allow the use of negative numbers in per-app settings position to place a
389 window relative to the right/bottom edges of your monitor (taking the
390 struts (panels) into account)
391 * Fix focus moving irrationally when focusLast was off
394 * Add Indian Bengali translation
395 * Updated Italian translation
396 * Small updates to Czech, Estonian, Norwegian, and German translations
397 * Removed out-of-date Japanese translation (ja.po)
398 * Removed out-of-date Croatian translation (hr.po)
399 * Allow parentrelative theme textures to have borders, bevels and interlacing
400 * Add new theme elements: window.active.title.separator.color and
401 window.inactive.title.separator.color (note that globbing might set these
402 properties when you didnt mean to)
403 * Add new theme elements: osd.border.width, osd.border.color, osd.bg,
404 osd.label.bg, osd.label.text.color, osd.label.text.font, osd.hilight.bg,
406 * Add new underMouse focus option
407 * Rename new theme element menu.items.activedisabled to
408 menu.items.active.disabled for consistency with other elements
409 * Improvements to smart placement - especially with xinerama (Twinview)
410 * Fixes for focus with omnipresent windows - Allow focus to fallback to them
411 except during desktop switches (other mechanisms exist for that)
412 * Fix for putting child windows (transients) on all desktops
413 * Changes to how Shift/Control/CapsLock are used
414 * Fix focus fallback when windows are not visible (showing the desktop, or
416 * Fix bug #3196 - Unable to alt-tab away from full-screen windows
417 * Fix crash in parsing empty xml fields
418 * Fix left and right contexts resizing the wrong way in the example mouse
420 * Fix so dock doesn't auto-hide when the mouse is inside it (over top of a
422 * Allow new utility windows to gain focus like normal windows
423 * Add workarounds for Java Swing applications (Extra ConfigureNotify events)
424 * More fixes for modal window usability (Deiconify the modal window when you
425 try to focus its parent)
426 * Fixes to focus tracking, especially with iconify animation
427 * Changes to libobrender's API for ObConf 2.0 (RrThemeNew)
428 * Check for libxml >= 2.6.0 when compiling
429 * Fix for Openoffice windows (Static window gravity)
430 * Fix for hovering over window buttons while a menu is open
431 * Make the Escape key close all levels of a menu, not just one
432 * Change default drag threshold to 8px (Same as in XSettings)
433 * Fixes for windows restacking with TopIf, BottomIf, or Opposite modes.
434 Only compare with valid windows
435 * Fix for actions which find other window edges. Find all windows, and only
436 windows which are on the right desktop
437 * Improve RaiseLower action (Not lower when it doesn't need to move the
439 * Fix for the menu hideDelay (Don't hide immediately when you click to open
440 the menu), make it work reliably
441 * Make focusLast default to true when not present in the config file
444 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that prevented you from raising focused
445 windows above fullscreen windows
446 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that made the desktop window keep focus
447 when changing desktops
448 * Add Arabic translations
449 * Added Control-Alt-Up/Down bindings to the mouse focus example rc.xml
450 * Don't raise on clients in the client context in the mouse focus example
452 * Fixes for when to focus new windows - improve keeping transient windows
453 from stealing focus, and allow new windows to get focus when any relative
455 * Fixes for frame decorations layout
456 * Fixes for forcing window sizes to fit on the screen. Don't resize windows
457 if they are a user-specified size (USSize) or if they are non-normal
458 windows. (Fix Rox pinboard mapping across multiple monitors)
459 * Centre window icons when they are not square
460 * Fixes for Java windows behaving badly - Java makes all kinds of
461 non-standard-compliant assumptions which we are forced to meet
462 * Changed startup notification timeout from 30 to 20 seconds
463 * Fix possible crashes and misbehaviors with new focus cycling dialogs
464 * Recreate enter events when Press mouse actions move windows (e.g. Lower
465 action) for focus-follows-mouse
466 * Update Slovak translation
467 * Highlight the first menu entry when there is a separator/header at the top
468 * Only highlight the first menu entry when the menu is opened with a key
470 * Fix crash when you press enter with nothing selected in the menu
471 * Fix for ignoring an unmap event after restart
472 * Fixes for setting the clients' colormaps
473 * Change focusLast option behavior to what it was in 3.3.1. It only affects
475 * Add comments to the default rc.xml files about the various focus options
476 * Fix focus bug where a window had the keyboard grabbed when it unmapped
477 (Firefox gmarks extension)
478 * Update Catalan translation
479 * Fix alignment of the titlebar elements when the window icon is placed to
480 the right of the label
481 * Improve placement of child (transient) windows. When their parent is
482 omnipresent, open the child on the current desktop only.
483 * When a window has modal children on another desktop and you try to focus
484 it, bring the modal child to the current desktop to focus it instead
485 * Let you focus cycle to windows with a modal child on another desktop
486 * Fix for not seeing windows change their partial strut
487 * Give iconified windows a faded icon in the focus cycling (Alt-Tab) dialog,
488 and in the client list menus
489 * Make it more difficult to select items by accident in parent menus when it
490 changes direction. Moving the mouse only selects menu entries for a few
491 levels of open menus. Mouse clicks will select menu entries further down.
492 * Add Simplified Chinese translation
493 * Set the current theme in the OB_THEME root property for other applications
494 * Notify ksplash when we have started up if dcop is installed
495 * Allow you to resize the window on the client padding as well as the outer
497 * Fix to show the focus cycle indicator when focus cycling and there is only
499 * Centre splash screens on one monitor
500 * Don't centre parent-less utility/menu/toolbar windows on the screen
501 * Remove the bottom decorations for fully maximized windows
502 * Fix crash when reconfiguring and no themes can be found
505 * Fix a bug introduced in .993 that prevented you from switching desktops
506 and caused general mayhem
509 * Update for Russian translation
510 * Added Dutch translation
511 * Fix for choosing badly sized icons from the window for the window cycling
512 dialog (and other things). (Fixes Pidgin icon)
513 * Open child (transient) windows on the current desktop if they don't have
514 a direct parent, or if the parents are not all on some other desktop.
515 (Fixes Pidgin and Gimp dialogs appearing on the wrong desktop)
516 * Make windows fit within the available space when they are first created,
517 if they are not user-positioned. (Fix xpdf making itself bigger than the
518 space inside the struts, and hiding behind them).
519 * Don't let child (transient) windows steal focus when the situation is
521 * Fix bevels and borders display in the titlebar
522 * Set the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW hint properly, when nothing is focused (This
523 is the proper fix for libwnck pagers.)
524 * Fallback focus immediately during iconify animation in all cases (was
525 missing RevertToParent case)
526 * Fix new frame elements being given 0 sizes for very small windows
527 * Send iconified windows to the bottom of the focus order so you can
528 Alt-Shift-Tab to get back what you just iconified. This makes things more
530 * Show the hostname for remotely run programs in iconified titles
531 * Stop focus flicker when sending windows to a desktop and following them,
532 and when changing desktops with an omnipresent window focused
533 * Empty desktop names in the configuration file are not used, so you can set
534 a name on the second desktop without having to set one on the first
535 * Make control key work for menu accelerators like it does for mouse
536 clicking and hitting enter
537 * Add C-A-Up/Down mouse bindings to switch desktops, similar to the
538 C-A-Left/Right/Up/Down keyboard bindings
541 * Don't move mouse focus when the mouse is over the focus cycling dialog
542 * Fixes for positioning of frame decoration elements
543 * Update for Brazilian Portuguese translation
544 * Improvements in how decorations respond for maximized windows. (If they
545 can't be resized don't "hide" the resizing contexts)
546 * Updated Italian translation
547 * Added Czech translation
548 * Fix for applications that do weird things with modal windows (Make sure
549 you can focus cycle to them)
550 * Updated Spanish translation
551 * Fix for programs using the old WM-spec, and not setting unused fields to
552 0 in _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages (Rox pinboard)
553 * Fixes for default rc.xml configuration file. Updated comments and comment
554 out the applications section in an xml compatible way.
555 * Update for Portuguese translation
556 * Fix support for window gravity (eg xterm -geometry -0+0)
557 * Fix for libwnck with iconify animation (Unmap the parent of the client's
559 * Force the top left corner of new windows onto the screen area, if the
560 position wasn't requested by the user (Fix xpdf and others hiding their
561 titlebar under a panel)
562 * Fix for determining text geometry from Pango
563 * Save the desktop layout and names in the session, and restore them on next
565 * The <desktop> section from the configuration file is only used for
566 defaults, and so is only applied at the start of a new log-in. (Use ObConf
567 1.6.2 to change the config file for these options, and have them set
568 immediately, if you don't use a session manager to save them.)
569 * Fix updating and crashing in the old split client list menu
570 * Translate the default desktop names
571 * Update Taiwanese Chinese translation
572 * Less restrictions of behavior based on window type (Let you maximize
573 dialogs and utility windows)
574 * Fix for focus tracking when Press mouse actions are used
575 * Fix bug which let the openbox-*-session scripts take command-line arguments
576 * Better detection of legacy fullscreen windows vs. undercorated windows
577 that the user has maximized
580 * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
581 * Added a rough Italian translation
582 * Added Estonian translation
583 * Update Polish translation
584 * Make focus stealing prevention a little less intrusive, especially with
586 * Updates for Swedish translation
587 * Fixes for decorations of maximized windows
588 * Fix so that clicking in the corner of a maximized window presses the button
589 * Don't reload the session and reapply it when restarting
590 * Fix for losing the original size of a window that mapped with maximized
591 state (or on restart)
592 * Let you move splash type windows
593 * Fix for window placement using wrong dimensions
594 * Stop xemacs ConfigureNotify storm
595 * Fix bug stopping panels from moving themselves off-screen to hide
597 * Fix for GNOME/Openbox and openbox-gnome-session to use a new session name,
598 because GNOME won't let you replace the window manager in the saved session
599 * Don't restore session state when multiple windows have the same
600 identifiers, because we can't tell them apart then (Firefox/Thunderbird)
601 * Small fixes to build system to make it more reliable
602 * Fix for what manpage files are distributed in the source code, so they
603 will not be pre-built with the wrong info
604 * Fix pkg-config files for compiling things against Openbox libraries
607 * Wildcard matching for per-application (per-window) settings. Let you match
608 multiple rules for a window. (Props to Mark Pustjens for code to do this.)
609 * Added startup notification support to the menus and key/mouse bindings
610 with <startupnotify>. It's an option for execute actions.
611 * New combined client menu, accessed with
612 <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu></action>
613 * No menu titles - instead added separators with labels to be used as menu
614 headers anywhere in menus
615 * Improved client menu - placement, the options in it, and added an icon for
617 * Keyboard shortcuts in menus, by highlighted letter or by the first letter
618 * Menus dont jump around, are always placed on screen
619 * Menus larger than can fit on the screen are broken into a submenu at the
620 bottom titled "More..."
621 * Disabled menu items can be selected now (not used though, of course)
622 * Using ()'s instead of a line separator to signify iconified windows in the
624 * New Root context for mouse bindings
625 * New "alt-tab" focus switching dialog
626 * openbox-session command and log-in option which provides the autostart
628 * SCIM support in the default Openbox session launched by the
629 openbox-session command
630 * Many code paths made significantly faster
631 * Sections of code rewritten to be more reliable, such as session
632 save/restore and input focus handling
633 * Handle the X server's clock going backwards, without locking up. Sometimes
634 the server can still lock up though, it is not recommended to do this!
635 * Better handling of window types such as docks, utility windows, tool bar
636 windows. Clicking to focus these windows is done more intelligently. Dock
637 windows no longer get focus when you click them, so that you don't have
638 focus flickering when you use a dock window with a taskbar.
639 * Better language support through Pango, which is now mandatory, and the
640 code for Pango has been greatly improved and optimized.
641 * Support for windows that use true 32-bit transparency
642 * Resize grips (with mouse binding contexts) for the top, left, and right of
644 * Smarter about keeping windows on the screen without invading user's
646 * Add MoveFromEdge* actions corresponding to MoveToEdge* but aligns far
647 edges instead of near edges, so if you have two overlapping windows you
648 can easily put them side by side.
649 * Better choice of mouse cursors for startup notification
650 * Focus stealing prevention
651 * Improve window placement across multiple Xinerama monitors
652 * Support 8-bit truecolor visuals (such as in vncserver)
653 * Better, more friendly support for omnipresent windows
654 * Full support for EWMH 1.4-draft2
655 * Iconify/restore animation !
656 * Improved support for running openbox with multiple screens (non-xinerama)
657 - won't steal focus from other screens, and let you focus a screen by
658 clicking on the desktop (root window).
659 * Support for more cursors through XCursor, means that startup notification
660 can use a pointer+watch cursor if you are using an XCursor theme
661 * Fully maximize terminal windows (and any resized-by-increment window)
662 * Show the hostname of clients running on remote computers in the titlebar
663 * Add <panels> and <desktop> options to NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
664 DirectionalFocusNorth etc..
665 * Synchronize resizing with the application when possible
666 * Smarter subdivision of windows into 9 sections for resizing
667 * Set default icon on windows so applications can agree on an icon
668 * Better support for programs that are on more than one desktop
669 (multiple firefox windows for example) - move to the desktop when you're
670 using the application and it opens a window on another desktop.
671 * Chrooted key chains, and key quoting through chroots
672 * New BreakChroot action to break out of the current chroot
673 * New keychains popup, to show where you are in a keychain
674 * Improved show-desktop mode. When you open a new window, the old windows
676 * Add <allDesktops> option to NextWindow and PreviousWindow. The desktop
677 name will be shown in the focus cycling popup
678 * Dynamically size the window and desktop dialogs. Desktop layouts that
679 aren't horizontal look better in the desktop cycling dialog.
680 * Support for legacy fullscreen applications (that don't use EWMH) such as
682 * Session support for old clients that do not use the session management
684 * Desktop setup is only changed on startup, so as to not overwrite settings
685 from other apps like pagers
686 * Take advantage of ksmserver (KDE Session Manager) features
687 * KDE/Openbox and GNOME/Openbox options for display manager GDM/KDM. Use
688 openbox-gnome-session and openbox-kde-session to run a GNOME or KDE
689 session with Openbox as the window manager.
690 * Titlebar buttons autohide when hiding won't move other buttons (removed
691 the hideDisabled option from config file)
692 * Support user time window hint, which is good for laptops power usage
693 * When legacy windows raise themselves, interpreate as wanting to be
694 activated. Makes Firefox more pleasant.
695 * Don't show handles on windows that cant resize for more extreme visual
697 * Let you move maximized windows between Xinerama monitors
698 * Improve application awareness of focus, e.g. Kopete and Firefox, so they
699 know when they are or aren't focused, and which window in their
700 application is focused
701 * Improvements in the distributed themes
702 * Add new Clearlooks and Clearlooks-Olive themes by John McKnight
703 * Fonts are no longer loaded from theme. They are loaded from the rc.xml
704 config file. Font shadow settings are still loaded from the theme though.
705 5 fonts to be set: ActiveWindow InactiveWindow, MenuHeader, MenuItem and
707 * Distributed theme names have been renamed with Capitalization
708 * menu.items.activedisabled.text.color
709 * menu.border.color (note that globbing might set these properties when
711 * window.active.border.color (note that globbing might set these
712 properties when you didnt mean to)
713 * window.inactive.border.color (note that globbing might set these
714 properties when you didnt mean to)
716 * Guarantee that titlebar buttons are even sized, so even sized icons
717 (button masks) will be centered
718 * Default titlebar button icons (as xbms) installed to /usr/share/doc/openbox
719 * New mouse binding contexts Left, Right, TLCorner, TRCorner and Top. These
720 need bindings in config file to be useful. Also new context Bottom which
721 is synonym for Handle.
722 * W is no longer hard coded to Mod4. It is now a shortcut for Super, which
723 is usually bound to Mod4. xmodmap will show your mapping.
724 * The per-app setting <head> has been renamed to <monitor>
725 * Can use "default" for anything in per-app settings
726 * Removed <edges_hit_layers_below> option from config file
727 * --reconfigure command line option
728 * --restart command line option
729 * Closed bug #886 - Reference point for client-menu
730 * Closed bug #898 - Add option for OB2 style menu behaviour
731 * Closed bug #952 - Focus sometimes gets lost when closing windows
732 * Closed bug #1006 - duplicate window title numbering is so-so
733 * Closed bug #1080 - menus dont update when using ctrl to keep them open
734 * Closed bug #1082 - doing window stuff while changing focus is mad slow
735 * Closed bug #1106 - Openbox resize problems with Beep Media Player and some
736 websites using Mozilla
737 * Closed bug #1146 - minimized windows dont unminimize from fspanel if ob
739 * Closed bug #1409 - Window stacking is messed up when dealing with multiple
741 * Closed bug #1526 - Incorrect handling of utility windows
742 * Closed bug #1846 - Patch for theme overrides
743 * Closed bug #1974 - Limit the number of resizes per second to make window
745 * Closed bug #2060 - Apps disappear when using composite extension
746 * Closed bug #2221 - _NET_WM_STATE_(ABOVE|BELOW) is being inherited
747 * Closed bug #2250 - openbox ignores size request ?
748 * Closed bug #2251 - support for legacy ""fullscreen""
749 * Closed bug #2254 - segfault in render/render.c on sendtodesktop [endian?]
750 * Closed bug #2255 - segmentation fault on 8-bit truecolor visual
751 * Closed bug #2258 - long menus truncated
752 * Closed bug #2311 - Does not display the pressed state while a button in the
754 * Closed bug #2321 - ResizeRelative -up and -left makes window move when at
756 * Closed bug #2483 - Pinned windows raise to top on all desktops when they
757 become focused on just one desktop
758 * Closed bug #2491 - Client List by App instead of by Desktop
759 * Closed bug #2551 - Request to be able to cycle docks (e.g.
760 * Closed bug #2659 - Menu header display should be configurable
761 * Closed bug #2769 - temporarily chroot the keychain tree
762 * Closed bug #2841 - Changes to the keepborder option aren't applied when
764 * Closed bug #2850 - Openbox gives black backgrounds to windows using the
765 new 'rgba' or 'argb' visual
766 * Closed bug #2865 - openbox 3.3 is not C89 compatible
767 * Closed bug #2872 - Focus issues with Eclipse and Firefox
768 * Closed bug #2878 - Openbox crash when used with vncserver
769 * Closed bug #2897 - Openbox shouldn't redraw the whole screen everytime
770 when minimizing windows.
771 * Closed bug #2898 - Patch adding advanced keyboard support in popup menus.
772 * Closed bug #2982 - tilda doesn't work propertly
773 * Closed bug #3034 - themeupdate.py seems to bee broken
774 * Closed bug #3045 - RrPaint in obrender should be split for easier use by
776 * Closed bug #3050 - 'syscrash' theme update
777 * Closed bug #3051 - When closing windows
778 * Closed bug #3053 - Updates de.po for German Localisation
779 * Closed bug #3059 - Feature Request: NextWindowForAllWorkspaces
780 * Closed bug #3063 - extensions_xinerama_screens() leaks memory if Xinerama
782 * Closed bug #3064 - slist_path_add() might leak memory
783 * Closed bug #3068 - Multimonitor focus problems
784 * Closed bug #3081 - window doesn't appear
785 * Closed bug #3092 - Config parser expects wrong values of "layer" in
786 per-application settings
787 * Closed bug #3094 - smart placement should Ignore maximized windows
788 * Closed bug #3100 - Netwmpager is configured with layer = "below" but OB
790 * Closed bug #3101 - Openbox won't compile on CentOS 4.4
791 * Closed bug #3102 - svn-6175 windows come not back in the foregroud
792 * Closed bug #3106 - Fullscreened mplayer loses focus when switching to
793 another desktop and back
794 * Closed bug #3108 - After revision 6437 the desktop dialog window stays on
798 * Fix panels getting a border with keepBorder turned on.
799 * Fix a crash in mirrorhorizontal when drawing a surface with width 1.
802 * Add a showDelay option for the dock.
803 * Fixed onscreen-keeping code which broke a bit in -rc2.
804 * Fix incorrect handling of window properties on 64 bit arches.
805 * Fix pixelsize being the same as size for pango, now it is correct.
806 * Fix drawing of icons taller than wide, eg gimp.
807 * Add a 'mirrorhorizontal' gradient, like horizontal but mirrored in the
808 center and 'splitvertical' which is like vertical but nonlinear in a fancy
810 * Translations for de, hr and zh_TW added.
811 * Add initial per-app settings support.
812 * Fix some outstanding issues with 64-bit support.
813 * Add an optional delay for displaying submenus so you can move the mouse
814 over some entries without flashing each submenu.
815 * Plug some minor memleaks and fix minor bugs.
816 * Changed algorithm for downscaling window icons.
818 * Disable support for libstartup-notification by default, it doesn't seem
820 * Allow disabling of duplicate window numbering by option titleNumber in
822 * Add moverelative and resizerelative actions.
823 * Option middle for menus that make submenus be centered instead of aligned
824 by the top edge to the parent entry.
825 * Fix transient (ie dialog) windows being placed offscreen if the parent
826 is close to the edge of the screen.
829 * Fixed some typos and errors in rc.xsd
830 * Add the noStrut option to the dock (to allow maximizing windows over it),
831 useful when it is not in the above layer.
832 * Fix transparent terminals not updating when using ToggleDecor.
833 * Yet more poking at the onscreen-keeping code, should now do the right
835 * Add an option to hide disabled buttons instead of showing them as disabled.
836 * Hopefully fixed all the remaining pango issues. The new 1.10 release also
838 * I think the lib linking in Makefile.am is right now, please tell me if it
840 * Added a finnish translation and some minor updates to others.
841 * Fixed configure.ac so --enable-pango doesn't disable pango support or the
842 other way around, make enabled be default to get some extra testing.
845 * Poked around a bit in the code that keeps windows onscreen, if you
846 are using xinerama, please let me know if things are better/worse/same.
847 * Add support for pango, disabled by default due to a bug in pango 1.8 that
848 breaks shadows, it works fine with 1.6.x though. Poke the pango developers
849 here http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169622 if you want this
851 * Made edge resist and Send/MoveToEdge not hit windows at layers below
852 the current one, add option to disable this behaviour.
853 * Fixed directional focus not getting trapped in omnipresent windows
854 * Fixed focus actions when bound to the mouse, normal focus cycle is always
855 linear and directional focus is totally disabled, it makes no sense
856 anyway, just move the mouse.
857 * Added an option for the raise/lower/raiselower/unshaderaise/shadelower
858 options called group that lets you bind stuff to raise/lower the whole
859 window group. <action name="raise"><group>yes</group></action>
860 * Add various new actions. I haven't updated the web docs yet, but I think
861 I managed to get all of them listed in rc.xsd.
862 * Bugs 1783, 1812, 1863, 1905, 2005, 1957 fixed.
863 * Some translations added. (ca, no, pl, ru, fr)
866 * Added spanish and swedish translations
867 * Changed "Unnamed Desktop" to "Desktop n" where n is the actual
868 number of the desktop
869 * Hopefully no more of the hanging X totally bug
870 * the fullscreen property now overrides aspect hints, all programs i've
871 tried that use it (mplayer and tvtime) handle the aspect internally
872 anyway, this just makes sure you have black borders all the way to the
873 edge. If this breaks anything for you, let me know.
874 * Added M as an alias for Mod3 in the same manner that W is an alias for Mod4
875 * Added probably too many options and actions
876 * ToggleDockAutohide to toggle the autohide option at runtime,
877 doesn't save it to the config
878 * keepBorder option to set if you want the 1-pixel border when you
880 * added popupShow and popupPosition to control where and when the
881 move/resize-popup is shown, these go in the resize section of the config
882 popupPosition can be Top or Center, popupShow can be Always, Never or
883 Nonpixel (this is the default).
884 * Added the xorStyle option to change the behaviour of menus along the bottom
885 edge, note that the default is true
886 * warpPointer option in the menu section to control if the mouse cursor is
887 to be warped by openbox when the menu moves to keep on screen to keep the
888 cursor in the same place relative to the menu. (I think i got that right)
889 * Added back the focusLast option (this controls what happens when you
890 change desktops and have followMouse on)
891 * Added an option to set which desktop to start on when you start openbox,
892 firstdesk, for example you might like to set it to 5 if you have a 3x3
893 grid to start in the middle.
894 * I think that was everything, have fun
897 * Added japanese translation (bug #1029)
898 * Closed bug #1060 (modal unfocused window should be placed above
900 * Closed bug #1012 (Openbox stalls gnome session startup after
902 * Closed bug #1073 (The Desktop action doesn't work)
903 * Closed bug #1023 (config_focus_raise declared as guint)
904 * Closed bug #1019 (Strange behavior with focus:followMouse and
906 * Closed bug #1007 (use g_snprintf in openbox/session.c instead of
908 * Closed bug #1001 (gimp crashes openbox)
909 * Closed bug #1005 (import -frame leaves windows in a temporary
911 * Closed bug #881 (Programs started with X become zombies upon
913 * Closed bug #1025 (desktopnext/previous and desktopleft/right dont
917 * Closed bug #908 (sometimes some weird grab is left)
918 * Closed bug #945 (xawtv overlay visible on every desktop)
919 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
921 * Closed bug #946 (use g_strsplit in parse.c:split_paths())
922 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
923 * Closed bug #951 (stale openbox session files)
924 * Closed bug #947 (Sloppyfocus can yield two windows at the same time
926 * Closed bug #948 (Gets stuck in 'move' mode if mouse is let up while
927 dragged away from title bar)
928 * Closed bug #949 (dock above gnome panel behaviour)
929 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked)
930 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
931 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
932 * Closed bug #919 (Temporary raise window when alt tabbing)
933 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
935 * Closed bug #925 (Invalid option: '--sm-save' & '--sm-disable')
936 * Closed bug #926 (problem with client-list-menu, destkop switching,
938 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
939 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
940 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
942 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
943 * Closed bug #957 (openbox crashes when exiting out of OpenOffice
945 * Closed bug #960 (look for dupes in xdg paths when setting up slists?)
946 * Closed bug #961 (Menu causes core dump)
947 * Closed bug #963 (wrapper for mkdir() in parse.c)
948 * Closed bug #964 (free GErrors in action.c, openbox.c)
949 * Closed bug #965 (add message for chdir() failure in openbox.c)
950 * Closed bug #966 (list->next/prev to g_[s]list_next/previous, list !=
952 * Closed bug #971 (typo in code)
953 * Closed bug #974 (use g_getenv() in parser/parse.c)
954 * Closed bug #975 (void * -> gpointer)
955 * Closed bug #976 (use g_strerror() in openbox/session.c)
956 * Closed bug #978 (disable entry to go to desktop if it is the current)
957 * Closed bug #979 (request for version check in ob libraries)
958 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
960 * Closed bug #968 (rc.xml refers to a non-existant "debian" menu file)
963 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
965 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
966 * Fix crash when restoring a session with a maximized window
967 * Fix leak of RrColors in menus
968 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
969 * Allow focus to be moved around by clients (for WM_TAKE_FOCUS to
970 work as it is meant to). This means fullscreen apps like wine and
972 * Reversed the default directions for the mouse wheel desktop
974 * Don't wrap around in the default keyboard desktop switching bindings
975 * Place parentless dialogs so they avoid always-on-top windows
976 * Ignore fullscreen windows in placing new ones
977 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
981 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
982 * Allow resizing of windows in only vertical/horizontal directions
983 (via Alt-MiddleClick-Drag with the default bindings)
984 * Added intelligence to window cycling and raise/lowering based on
986 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked). This has the
987 side effect that panels which do not set the ABOVE state (most panels
988 curerntly around) will no longer be kept always on top. You can set the
989 ABOVE state yourself by using the client menu (Alt-RightClick in the
990 default bindings) and selecting the Always on top Layer
991 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
992 * Added a focus indicator during focus cycling that is always visible
993 instead of just moving the focus hilight around.
996 * Closed bug #885 (raiseOnFocus is flawed)
997 * Closed bug #887 (Mouse-wheel scrolling only changes 1 desktop when
998 using "dialog" option)
999 * Closed bug #888 (some random coredump)
1000 * Closed bug #889 (focus follow mouse not following)
1001 * Closed bug #892 (client_under_pointer() doesn't check DESKTOP_ALL)
1002 * Avoid the focus flicker when switching desktops
1003 * Free the XML DOM trees properly, fixes mem leak
1006 * Closed bug #875 (RaiseLower fails to funtion on windows with dialogs)
1007 * Added the <moveButton> option for moving dock apps around inside the
1008 dock. (Closes bug #798)
1009 * Made the "Desktop" action show the pager/desktop dialog
1010 * Add the <dialog> option to the Desktop and Focus switching actions
1011 * No longer iconify fullscreen windows when they lose focus (Closes
1013 * When not using focusLast, when a focused transient is closed, focus
1014 will still fallback to its parent or transient siblings
1015 * Improved intelligence for focus cycling with modal transients
1016 * Removed the focusLast option
1017 * Added the placement-policy option to select if windows are placed
1018 under the mouse pointer
1019 * Children inherit their window icon from their parent
1020 * Closed bug #878 (minimal resizing of mplayer makes openbox crash)
1021 * Fix case where opening a menu would leave Openbox in a locked state
1022 * Upstream updates for TheBear theme
1025 * Added _OB_WM_STATE_UNDECORATED hint, which can be read and controlled
1026 by external applications
1027 * Closed bug #874 (libtool won't install libobrender.la)
1028 * Launch ObConf when selecting GNOME's Desktop Preferences for Windows
1029 * Focus new children always if their direct parent is focused
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