2 * Fully updated Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German,
3 French, Hungarian, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish,
4 Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Portuguese translations
5 * Partially updated Spanish translation
6 * Add an example of the "force" option for the per-app placement options to
7 the default rc.xml file
8 * Add a new xdg-autostart script. This will eventually end up in the PyXDG
9 distribution hopefully, but it is included in Openbox for now. This script
10 runs things based on the freedesktop.org autostart specification. You can
11 have it run GNOME, KDE, ROX, or XFCE specific things if you want. The
12 new default system-wide autostart.sh script runs it automatically
13 * Update the default menu.xml to include a lot of common apps
14 * Fix white font shadows (negative shadowtint)
15 * Update the autostart.sh to find gnome-settings-daemon correctly, as the
16 GNOME people have moved it to libexec
17 * Fix focus possibly getting stolen when using the Focus action
18 * Drastically speed up rendering of Vertical and SplitVertical gradients
19 * Speed improvements also for Horizonal and Pyramid gradients
20 * Add new theme options, menu.overlap.x and menu.overlap.y options, that let
21 you independently control the horizontal and vertical position of submenus
22 * Change _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages to not change the current desktop, but
23 to bring the window to the current desktop instead. This is the industry
25 * Use the pretty new openbox.png icon as the default window icon
26 * Allow matching per-application rules to windows by their window type
27 (normal, dialog, splash, etc). The default rc.xml has more details
28 * Add new Openbox-themed prompt windows. Use these prompt windows to ask
29 before killing off windows that aren't responding. This also means we
30 don't need to ping every window constantly forever
31 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Execute action. If this is set to a
32 string, a dialog will be shown with that string in it and "yes"/"no"
33 buttons. The command to be executed will only be run if the user selects
35 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Exit action, which is a boolean (not a
36 string). When true, Openbox will show a dialog confirming if you want to
37 exit. The default is to show the prompt
38 * Reduce Openbox's memory footprint and speed up rendering through the use
39 of a new icon cache, so that Openbox only needs to keep 1 copy of an icon
40 when 100 different windows share it
41 * Make Openbox menus have the "menu type" hint for compositors to see and use
42 * Fix actions so that key presses will not be lost between running the
43 ShowMenu action and the menu appearing
44 * Fix the MoveResizeTo action for negative coords (opposite edges)
45 * Fix key bindings getting lost if multiple bindings at the same level could
46 not be translated (Fixes VMWare causing Openbox keybindings to stop
48 * Fix the resize popup box for terminal windows with a base size of 0 (show
49 the right size values for urxvt terminals)
50 * Fix some off-by-one bugs with the edge growing/shrinking code
51 * Add new theme options for menu line separators: menu.separator.color,
52 menu.separator.width, menu.separator.padding.width,
53 menu.separator.padding.height
54 * Add xfce-mcs-manager to the default autostart.sh, and run it automatically
55 when gnome-settings-daemon is not present to have GTK apps inherit settings
56 from the XFCE configuration tools
57 * Make the send-to-desktop menu in the client-menu indicate which is the current
58 desktop for omnipresent windows, and don't close it if just toggling
59 omni-presence when ctrl-clicking
60 * Add a new SessionLogout action that logs out through the session manager,
61 when running Openbox within a session manager such as within an
62 GNOME/Openbox or KDE/Openbox session. The action includes a <prompt>
63 option which is similar to the Exit action's
64 * Add a new gdm-control command that lets you control gdm from within an X
65 session. The gdm-control lets you change GDM's behaviour for when you end
66 the current session. For instance, you can tell GDM to reboot, and
67 then immediately log out of the current session, and the computer will be
69 * Show an information dialog when an error occurs for Openbox, such as when
70 the Execute action fails or when XML syntax errors are present in the
72 * When making a window very narrow, don't draw buttons to the right of the title
73 on top of the ones on its left.
76 * Updated Clearlooks theme
77 * Add the force="yes/no" option for the per-app settings' <position> tag
78 * Raise and focus modal children and their direct parents together, improved
79 usability with direct modal transient windows
80 * Fix crash when using <raise> for NextWindow and there are no windows
82 * Add the <manageDesktops> option in the rc.xml <menu> section, which toggles
83 the "Manage Desktops" section appearing in the combined-client-list-menu
84 * Fix for menu headers showing the wrong text
85 * Fix for the <focusLast> behavior
86 * Treat modal direct children as one window with their parent consistently
89 * Added Basque translation
90 * Updated French, Vietnamese German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese,
91 Brasilian Portuguese, Norwegian, and Finnish translations
92 * New Clearlooks theme, updated by David Barr
93 * Updated the previous Clearlooks theme, and renamed it to Clearlooks-3.4
94 * Allow dialog type windows to go fullscreen (Fixes Kpdf)
95 * Remove the extraneous top border for undecorated windows while maximized
96 * Fixes for keyboard modifiers (Alt-tab dialog getting stuck on screen for
98 * Automatically catch changes to the keyboard map and reconfigure the key
100 * Fix focus moving incorrectly sometimes with focus under mouse enabled
101 * Make default configuration focus the desktop when you right click
102 * Add the <bar> and <raise> options for all window cycling actions, allowing
103 you to have your target window temporarily raised above all others, and to
104 turn the focus target indicator bar off
105 * Improve the LastDesktop action to not remember desktops you skipped across
106 * Ignore mouse clicks that are made on override-redirect (unmanaged) windows
107 * When opening a menu with a key binding, don't use the key binding to run
108 something in the menu
109 * Add a <monitor> option for window placement, which gives you the option
110 to place new windows on the active monitor, or the monitor where the mouse
111 is, instead of on any monitor (for xinerama multihead setups)
112 * Add options for placing the window move/resize coordinate popup window in
113 a fixed position on screen, rather than relative to the window being
115 * Prevent the dock from auto-hiding completely offscreen if the theme has
118 * Fix race condition when running things that want to grab the keyboard
119 (e.g. gnome-panel-control --main-menu)
120 * When dialog windows ask to not appear in the taskbar, still give them focus
121 in normal ways (fixes new GNOME session logout dialogs)
122 * Fix bug with resizing corners on certain parts of the window frame
123 * Ping applications to tell when they are running or have become frozen.
124 Show a [Not Responding] message in the title bar of windows which are
126 * When closing a window which is [Not Responding], kill the window's process
127 if it is running on the same machine as Openbox. Otherwise, just
129 the window from the X display. A second attempt to close a [Not
131 window will kill it forcefully (kill -9).
132 * Fixes for internal timers
133 * Add a <wmclass> option for the execute action's startup-notification. This
134 lets you tell Openbox that the application will map a window with the
135 specified class - for applications that do not support startup-notification
137 * Fix for empty dock taking up space onscreen after a reconfigure
138 * Reduce Openbox's additional memory footprint per-window and per-menu
139 * Faster horizontal gradient rendering
140 * Don't deiconify windows that aren't allowed to be directly iconified on
141 restart (eg toolbars), as they can be iconified by other means
142 * Improve support for fullscreen windows in xinerama (TwinView) and
143 multiple-screen setups
144 * Add a --config-file command line option, to specify an alternate
145 configuration file path
148 * Added Hungarian translation
149 * Updated Finnish, Russian, German and French translations
150 * Fixed some very minor memory leaks
151 * Hide the desktop popup when showing the focus popup
152 * Fix a crash when trying to access the More... menu of
153 client-list-combined-menu
154 * Fix the coordinate popup only showing up on the first monitor in xinerama
155 * Add --exit to exit the currently running openbox instance
158 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation
159 * Updated Norwegian translation
160 * Fix for MoveToEdge skipping edges sometimes
161 * Let you specify the vertical and horizontal padding independently in themes
162 * Fix so that if you select an omnipresent window on another desktop in the
163 client list menus, it will go to that desktop
164 * Make the GrowToEdge action shrink once there is no more room to grow,
165 similar to in 3.4.2, but shrinking to edges as well
166 * Move the Send To and Layers submenus to the top of the client menu
167 * Fix race causing omnipresent windows to lose focus when switching desktops
169 * Don't focus new windows on other desktops if they aren't related to the
170 currently focused window
171 * Add corner resizing areas in the inner client border (Fixes themes such
173 * New focus stealing prevention that is smart and not intrusive and not
175 * Revert a small change in 3.4.3 that caused windows to be placed funny in
176 Smart placement when there was a dock or something on the side of the
178 * Show a notification when switching desktops
179 * Fix for delayed focus-follows-mouse interrupting move/resize or menus
180 * Make screen edge warp keep warping without having the move the mouse 1
182 * Fix for resizing terminals in the top/left sides getting a little confused
183 * Fix to keep oldschool (Non-EWMH) fullscreen windows from being moved and
184 resized inside of the struts (Fixes Acroread)
185 * Accept the <command> option for the Restart command, similar to the Execute
187 * Don't make clicking on dock apps sometimes act like clicking on the root
188 window (Don't propogate button events up)
189 * Fix a bug introduced in 3.4.3 which caused the Windows key as a modifier
190 for bindings to not work properly
191 * Let windows skip across monitors in a Xinerama setup when using MoveToEdge
192 or Shift-arrow in an interactive move
193 * Make move and resize take the dock into account for resistance
194 * Raise new windows when it makes sense, when they aren't being focused
195 * Change default config to use click events for mouse wheel bindings instead
199 * Add Ukrainian translation
200 * Updated translations:
201 - Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Estonian, German, Portuguese,
202 Vietnamese, Finnish, Czech, Arabic, Spanish, Swedish, French
203 * Improve focus fallback - don't fallback to windows you can't focus cycle
205 * Don't show the client border for undecorated windows when keepBorder is on,
206 just the outer border
207 * Some improvements in the smart placement to help it find a place more
208 often. This needs more work still.
209 * Don't focus windows that appear under the mouse in mouse-focus mode unless
210 underMouse is enabled
211 * Don't move focus when the window under the pointer iconifies unless
212 underMouse is enabled
213 * Respect min/max window sizes when a window is fullscreened or maximized.
214 This fixes problems experienced with maximizing vnc windows
215 * Don't XUngrabKeyboard unless we need to
216 * Correct calculations for the menu header width, so that they are not
217 ellisized unnecessarily
218 * Advanced support for partial struts. When you maximize a window it will
219 now only use the struts it needs to. This can greatly improve
220 xinerama functionality.
221 * Fixes for how the dock is placed in certain positions on screen (off by 1
223 * New default bindings:
224 - don't unshade when clicking on the titlebar
225 - raise when unshading with the scrollwheel
226 - lower when shading with the scrollwheel
227 * Don't show the top resize area in the titlebar when a window is shaded
228 * Optimize rendering of window decorations
229 * Optimize splitvertical gradients - no more malloc/free during render
230 * Let the theme specify all colors for a splitvertical gradient with the new
231 .splitTo theme elements
232 * Improve decorations for maximized windows. Don't draw the side borders in
234 * Don't resist against desklet windows (below layer + skip taskbar)
235 * New actions for dynamically adjusting your desktop workspaces:
236 - AddDesktopLast, RemoveDesktopLast
237 - AddDesktopCurrent, RemoveDestopCurrent
238 * New <center> option for smart placement (default is on)
239 * Fix MoveToCenter in Xinerama (TwinView) setups
240 * Let you lower a window without lowering its children or siblings
241 * Don't set the default Openbox icon on child windows, let them inherit the
242 icon from their parents
243 * Fix Onyx themes - fade out disabled buttons
244 * Don't auto-resize windows to fit on screen if they are UserSpecified
246 * Don't activate windows which raise themselves anymore. It was a nice
247 thought, but it caused too much problems
248 * Rewrite of the actions subsystem
249 * Removed deprecated actions:
250 - ShowDesktop, UnshowDesktop (Use ToggleShowDesktop)
251 - ResizeRelativeVert, ResizeRelativeHorz (Use ResizeRelative)
252 * Combined the MoveFromEdge* actions with MoveToEdge* actions, and removed
253 the MoveFromEdge* action names.
254 * Switch desktops when moving a window and you drag it to the edge of the
255 screen (added the <screenEdgeWarpTime> option for this)
256 * Add actions to add/remove the last desktop in the client list menus
257 * Use startup notification when launching ObConf in the default root menu
258 * Remove the desktop switching dialog, as it confuses people and they don't
259 know how to turn it off to switch desktops instantly. Some other
260 incarnation may return in the future.
261 * Add optional <finalactions> option for NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
262 DirectionalFocus*, and DirectionalTarget* actions
263 * Don't focus new helper windows unless they are alone in their group. This
265 * Fancy keyboard window moving:
266 - Shift-arrow will move the window to the next edge
267 - Control-arrow will move the window by only 1 pixel
268 - Arrow will move the window by a larger number of pixels
269 * Fancy keyboard window resizing:
270 - The first arrow will choose an edge to resize (then you can grow or
271 shrink the window on that edge)
272 - Hitting an arrow perpendicular to your selected edge will choose a
273 different edge to resize
274 - Shift-arrow will grow/shrink the window to the next edge
275 - Control arrow will grow/shrink the window by only 1 pixel
276 - Arrow will grow/shrink the window by a larger number of pixel
277 * Timeout when synchronously resizing a window so you can still resize busy
278 or dead application windows
279 * Let you specify keyboard shortcuts in your root menus with _. Such as
280 label="XTe_rm" would make 'r' the shortcut key.
281 * Fixes for placing windows with per-app settings:
282 - you can now place windows relative to any edge of the screen instead of
283 only the top left. (-0 uses the far edge, +0 uses the near edge. You can
284 use --0 and +-0 to specify negative numbers.)
285 - fix bug with windows being placed far off-screen occasionally
286 - allow you to place windows partially outside of the screen
287 - let per-app settings override program-specified positions (but not if it
289 * Add user-specified margins to the configuration file
290 * Fix for transient windows in groups with transient windows of the group
291 transients. That wasn't supposed to be legible. i.e. 2 group transients
292 and 1 direct transient for one of the group transients.
293 * Don't include child/parent windows in tests for being occluded or occluding
294 other windows, since you can't raise/lower above/below them. This fixes
295 the raiselower action for windows which have children.
296 * Reduce the size of the middle gradient in splitvertical gradients. This
297 makes the split harder than it was in 3.4.2
298 * Don't include debian/ dir in releases
299 * Add resize bindings for the edges to the default hardcoded bindings
300 * Fix focus cycle indicator positioning for some windows (i.e. OpenOffice)
301 * Add the MoveResizeTo action. This is very xinerama aware! It also lets
302 you move a window to any edge of any screen.
303 * Make actions that look for edges include the dock's edges (e.g. MoveToEdge)
304 * New preferred option for the Execute action is <command> instead of
305 <execute> but the old one will still work.
306 * Fix for moving windows partially offsceen causing them to jump far away
307 * Fix for windows which are not on any monitor, to keep them on screen
309 * Require libstartupnotification 0.8 in configure (we use stuff that was not
310 around in some earlier versions)
311 * Grab the server when mapping windows to avoid race conditions in other
312 programs (getting MapNotify before you are visible)
313 * Handle case gracefully when ConfigureRequent for restacking specifies
314 a siblig which we aren't managing
315 * Use KeyRelease to run things from Openbox menus, so that the release
316 does not go to the focused window (causing the new window to not get
318 * Add new actions for controlling window decorations:
319 - Decorate, Undecorate
320 * Fix so that the values for per-app settings are not case sensitive
321 * Fix crash with very small windows
322 * Fix resize resistance for windows with aspect ratio limits
323 * Let you resize windows with aspect ratio limits in the vertical directions
326 * Add ability to set the bevel strength in themes
327 * Fix for focusLast with omnipresent windows
328 * Cache pipe menus while the menus are open
329 * Allow non-interactive directional focus key bindings
330 * Change how nested interactive key bindings work (it stays in the key chain,
331 like chroot, until you end the interactive action)
332 * Fix for gtk apps trying to get focus - mostly nullify focus stealing
333 prevention (Fixes Tilda)
334 * Send ConfigureNotify always on ConfigureRequest (Previous emacs fix
335 makes this possible now)
336 * Fix RelativeResize action for right/bottom edges
337 * Remove SCIM from the default autostart.sh - it has caused problems with
338 some (buggy) panels, such as pypanel
339 * Fix the titlebar changing to non-focused when iconifying a window with
341 * Use the new osd theme hints for the dock, rather than the titlebar hints
342 * Fix rare crash when menu is hidden while browsing it
343 * End move/resize more cleanly when focus moves during a move/resize
344 * Don't focus new windows when browsing a menu or moving/resizing a window,
345 just flash the window instead, so that the menu/move/resize doesn't have to
349 * Add Vietnamese translation
350 * Add Japanese translation
351 * Keep new transient windows from not getting focus when any related window
353 * Change behavior of underMouse option - make focus go under the mouse when
354 no window has focus anymore, rather than to the last used window
355 * Make on-screen display dialogs (such as the Alt-Tab dialog) appear on the
356 active monitor when using Xinerama (a.k.a. TwinView)
357 * Fix for window stacking - let you lower sibling transient windows behind
359 * Fix directional focus actions when used without a dialog
360 * Fix race that could prevent ObConf from setting the desktop names correctly
361 * Add new theme options:
362 - window.active.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
363 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
364 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
365 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.image.color
366 - window.inactive.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
367 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
368 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
369 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.image.color
370 - window.active.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
371 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
372 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.bg
373 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.bg
374 - window.inactive.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
375 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
376 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.bg
377 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.bg
378 * Add new Onyx and Onyx-Citrus themes
379 * Updated Mikachu theme using new theme options
380 * Improvements to splitvertical gradients - Add a small gradient in the
381 middle between the upper and lower gradients
382 * Fix another emacs event storm, don't configure the window when it sets its
383 WM_NORMAL_HINTS unless we have to
384 * Fix for focus cycling to helper windows - Don't count dialogs as a sibling,
385 so they don't stop you
386 * Allow the use of negative numbers in per-app settings position to place a
387 window relative to the right/bottom edges of your monitor (taking the
388 struts (panels) into account)
389 * Fix focus moving irrationally when focusLast was off
392 * Add Indian Bengali translation
393 * Updated Italian translation
394 * Small updates to Czech, Estonian, Norwegian, and German translations
395 * Removed out-of-date Japanese translation (ja.po)
396 * Removed out-of-date Croatian translation (hr.po)
397 * Allow parentrelative theme textures to have borders, bevels and interlacing
398 * Add new theme elements: window.active.title.separator.color and
399 window.inactive.title.separator.color (note that globbing might set these
400 properties when you didnt mean to)
401 * Add new theme elements: osd.border.width, osd.border.color, osd.bg,
402 osd.label.bg, osd.label.text.color, osd.label.text.font, osd.hilight.bg,
404 * Add new underMouse focus option
405 * Rename new theme element menu.items.activedisabled to
406 menu.items.active.disabled for consistency with other elements
407 * Improvements to smart placement - especially with xinerama (Twinview)
408 * Fixes for focus with omnipresent windows - Allow focus to fallback to them
409 except during desktop switches (other mechanisms exist for that)
410 * Fix for putting child windows (transients) on all desktops
411 * Changes to how Shift/Control/CapsLock are used
412 * Fix focus fallback when windows are not visible (showing the desktop, or
414 * Fix bug #3196 - Unable to alt-tab away from full-screen windows
415 * Fix crash in parsing empty xml fields
416 * Fix left and right contexts resizing the wrong way in the example mouse
418 * Fix so dock doesn't auto-hide when the mouse is inside it (over top of a
420 * Allow new utility windows to gain focus like normal windows
421 * Add workarounds for Java Swing applications (Extra ConfigureNotify events)
422 * More fixes for modal window usability (Deiconify the modal window when you
423 try to focus its parent)
424 * Fixes to focus tracking, especially with iconify animation
425 * Changes to libobrender's API for ObConf 2.0 (RrThemeNew)
426 * Check for libxml >= 2.6.0 when compiling
427 * Fix for Openoffice windows (Static window gravity)
428 * Fix for hovering over window buttons while a menu is open
429 * Make the Escape key close all levels of a menu, not just one
430 * Change default drag threshold to 8px (Same as in XSettings)
431 * Fixes for windows restacking with TopIf, BottomIf, or Opposite modes.
432 Only compare with valid windows
433 * Fix for actions which find other window edges. Find all windows, and only
434 windows which are on the right desktop
435 * Improve RaiseLower action (Not lower when it doesn't need to move the
437 * Fix for the menu hideDelay (Don't hide immediately when you click to open
438 the menu), make it work reliably
439 * Make focusLast default to true when not present in the config file
442 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that prevented you from raising focused
443 windows above fullscreen windows
444 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that made the desktop window keep focus
445 when changing desktops
446 * Add Arabic translations
447 * Added Control-Alt-Up/Down bindings to the mouse focus example rc.xml
448 * Don't raise on clients in the client context in the mouse focus example
450 * Fixes for when to focus new windows - improve keeping transient windows
451 from stealing focus, and allow new windows to get focus when any relative
453 * Fixes for frame decorations layout
454 * Fixes for forcing window sizes to fit on the screen. Don't resize windows
455 if they are a user-specified size (USSize) or if they are non-normal
456 windows. (Fix Rox pinboard mapping across multiple monitors)
457 * Centre window icons when they are not square
458 * Fixes for Java windows behaving badly - Java makes all kinds of
459 non-standard-compliant assumptions which we are forced to meet
460 * Changed startup notification timeout from 30 to 20 seconds
461 * Fix possible crashes and misbehaviors with new focus cycling dialogs
462 * Recreate enter events when Press mouse actions move windows (e.g. Lower
463 action) for focus-follows-mouse
464 * Update Slovak translation
465 * Highlight the first menu entry when there is a separator/header at the top
466 * Only highlight the first menu entry when the menu is opened with a key
468 * Fix crash when you press enter with nothing selected in the menu
469 * Fix for ignoring an unmap event after restart
470 * Fixes for setting the clients' colormaps
471 * Change focusLast option behavior to what it was in 3.3.1. It only affects
473 * Add comments to the default rc.xml files about the various focus options
474 * Fix focus bug where a window had the keyboard grabbed when it unmapped
475 (Firefox gmarks extension)
476 * Update Catalan translation
477 * Fix alignment of the titlebar elements when the window icon is placed to
478 the right of the label
479 * Improve placement of child (transient) windows. When their parent is
480 omnipresent, open the child on the current desktop only.
481 * When a window has modal children on another desktop and you try to focus
482 it, bring the modal child to the current desktop to focus it instead
483 * Let you focus cycle to windows with a modal child on another desktop
484 * Fix for not seeing windows change their partial strut
485 * Give iconified windows a faded icon in the focus cycling (Alt-Tab) dialog,
486 and in the client list menus
487 * Make it more difficult to select items by accident in parent menus when it
488 changes direction. Moving the mouse only selects menu entries for a few
489 levels of open menus. Mouse clicks will select menu entries further down.
490 * Add Simplified Chinese translation
491 * Set the current theme in the OB_THEME root property for other applications
492 * Notify ksplash when we have started up if dcop is installed
493 * Allow you to resize the window on the client padding as well as the outer
495 * Fix to show the focus cycle indicator when focus cycling and there is only
497 * Centre splash screens on one monitor
498 * Don't centre parent-less utility/menu/toolbar windows on the screen
499 * Remove the bottom decorations for fully maximized windows
500 * Fix crash when reconfiguring and no themes can be found
503 * Fix a bug introduced in .993 that prevented you from switching desktops
504 and caused general mayhem
507 * Update for Russian translation
508 * Added Dutch translation
509 * Fix for choosing badly sized icons from the window for the window cycling
510 dialog (and other things). (Fixes Pidgin icon)
511 * Open child (transient) windows on the current desktop if they don't have
512 a direct parent, or if the parents are not all on some other desktop.
513 (Fixes Pidgin and Gimp dialogs appearing on the wrong desktop)
514 * Make windows fit within the available space when they are first created,
515 if they are not user-positioned. (Fix xpdf making itself bigger than the
516 space inside the struts, and hiding behind them).
517 * Don't let child (transient) windows steal focus when the situation is
519 * Fix bevels and borders display in the titlebar
520 * Set the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW hint properly, when nothing is focused (This
521 is the proper fix for libwnck pagers.)
522 * Fallback focus immediately during iconify animation in all cases (was
523 missing RevertToParent case)
524 * Fix new frame elements being given 0 sizes for very small windows
525 * Send iconified windows to the bottom of the focus order so you can
526 Alt-Shift-Tab to get back what you just iconified. This makes things more
528 * Show the hostname for remotely run programs in iconified titles
529 * Stop focus flicker when sending windows to a desktop and following them,
530 and when changing desktops with an omnipresent window focused
531 * Empty desktop names in the configuration file are not used, so you can set
532 a name on the second desktop without having to set one on the first
533 * Make control key work for menu accelerators like it does for mouse
534 clicking and hitting enter
535 * Add C-A-Up/Down mouse bindings to switch desktops, similar to the
536 C-A-Left/Right/Up/Down keyboard bindings
539 * Don't move mouse focus when the mouse is over the focus cycling dialog
540 * Fixes for positioning of frame decoration elements
541 * Update for Brazilian Portuguese translation
542 * Improvements in how decorations respond for maximized windows. (If they
543 can't be resized don't "hide" the resizing contexts)
544 * Updated Italian translation
545 * Added Czech translation
546 * Fix for applications that do weird things with modal windows (Make sure
547 you can focus cycle to them)
548 * Updated Spanish translation
549 * Fix for programs using the old WM-spec, and not setting unused fields to
550 0 in _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages (Rox pinboard)
551 * Fixes for default rc.xml configuration file. Updated comments and comment
552 out the applications section in an xml compatible way.
553 * Update for Portuguese translation
554 * Fix support for window gravity (eg xterm -geometry -0+0)
555 * Fix for libwnck with iconify animation (Unmap the parent of the client's
557 * Force the top left corner of new windows onto the screen area, if the
558 position wasn't requested by the user (Fix xpdf and others hiding their
559 titlebar under a panel)
560 * Fix for determining text geometry from Pango
561 * Save the desktop layout and names in the session, and restore them on next
563 * The <desktop> section from the configuration file is only used for
564 defaults, and so is only applied at the start of a new log-in. (Use ObConf
565 1.6.2 to change the config file for these options, and have them set
566 immediately, if you don't use a session manager to save them.)
567 * Fix updating and crashing in the old split client list menu
568 * Translate the default desktop names
569 * Update Taiwanese Chinese translation
570 * Less restrictions of behavior based on window type (Let you maximize
571 dialogs and utility windows)
572 * Fix for focus tracking when Press mouse actions are used
573 * Fix bug which let the openbox-*-session scripts take command-line arguments
574 * Better detection of legacy fullscreen windows vs. undercorated windows
575 that the user has maximized
578 * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
579 * Added a rough Italian translation
580 * Added Estonian translation
581 * Update Polish translation
582 * Make focus stealing prevention a little less intrusive, especially with
584 * Updates for Swedish translation
585 * Fixes for decorations of maximized windows
586 * Fix so that clicking in the corner of a maximized window presses the button
587 * Don't reload the session and reapply it when restarting
588 * Fix for losing the original size of a window that mapped with maximized
589 state (or on restart)
590 * Let you move splash type windows
591 * Fix for window placement using wrong dimensions
592 * Stop xemacs ConfigureNotify storm
593 * Fix bug stopping panels from moving themselves off-screen to hide
595 * Fix for GNOME/Openbox and openbox-gnome-session to use a new session name,
596 because GNOME won't let you replace the window manager in the saved session
597 * Don't restore session state when multiple windows have the same
598 identifiers, because we can't tell them apart then (Firefox/Thunderbird)
599 * Small fixes to build system to make it more reliable
600 * Fix for what manpage files are distributed in the source code, so they
601 will not be pre-built with the wrong info
602 * Fix pkg-config files for compiling things against Openbox libraries
605 * Wildcard matching for per-application (per-window) settings. Let you match
606 multiple rules for a window. (Props to Mark Pustjens for code to do this.)
607 * Added startup notification support to the menus and key/mouse bindings
608 with <startupnotify>. It's an option for execute actions.
609 * New combined client menu, accessed with
610 <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu></action>
611 * No menu titles - instead added separators with labels to be used as menu
612 headers anywhere in menus
613 * Improved client menu - placement, the options in it, and added an icon for
615 * Keyboard shortcuts in menus, by highlighted letter or by the first letter
616 * Menus dont jump around, are always placed on screen
617 * Menus larger than can fit on the screen are broken into a submenu at the
618 bottom titled "More..."
619 * Disabled menu items can be selected now (not used though, of course)
620 * Using ()'s instead of a line separator to signify iconified windows in the
622 * New Root context for mouse bindings
623 * New "alt-tab" focus switching dialog
624 * openbox-session command and log-in option which provides the autostart
626 * SCIM support in the default Openbox session launched by the
627 openbox-session command
628 * Many code paths made significantly faster
629 * Sections of code rewritten to be more reliable, such as session
630 save/restore and input focus handling
631 * Handle the X server's clock going backwards, without locking up. Sometimes
632 the server can still lock up though, it is not recommended to do this!
633 * Better handling of window types such as docks, utility windows, tool bar
634 windows. Clicking to focus these windows is done more intelligently. Dock
635 windows no longer get focus when you click them, so that you don't have
636 focus flickering when you use a dock window with a taskbar.
637 * Better language support through Pango, which is now mandatory, and the
638 code for Pango has been greatly improved and optimized.
639 * Support for windows that use true 32-bit transparency
640 * Resize grips (with mouse binding contexts) for the top, left, and right of
642 * Smarter about keeping windows on the screen without invading user's
644 * Add MoveFromEdge* actions corresponding to MoveToEdge* but aligns far
645 edges instead of near edges, so if you have two overlapping windows you
646 can easily put them side by side.
647 * Better choice of mouse cursors for startup notification
648 * Focus stealing prevention
649 * Improve window placement across multiple Xinerama monitors
650 * Support 8-bit truecolor visuals (such as in vncserver)
651 * Better, more friendly support for omnipresent windows
652 * Full support for EWMH 1.4-draft2
653 * Iconify/restore animation !
654 * Improved support for running openbox with multiple screens (non-xinerama)
655 - won't steal focus from other screens, and let you focus a screen by
656 clicking on the desktop (root window).
657 * Support for more cursors through XCursor, means that startup notification
658 can use a pointer+watch cursor if you are using an XCursor theme
659 * Fully maximize terminal windows (and any resized-by-increment window)
660 * Show the hostname of clients running on remote computers in the titlebar
661 * Add <panels> and <desktop> options to NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
662 DirectionalFocusNorth etc..
663 * Synchronize resizing with the application when possible
664 * Smarter subdivision of windows into 9 sections for resizing
665 * Set default icon on windows so applications can agree on an icon
666 * Better support for programs that are on more than one desktop
667 (multiple firefox windows for example) - move to the desktop when you're
668 using the application and it opens a window on another desktop.
669 * Chrooted key chains, and key quoting through chroots
670 * New BreakChroot action to break out of the current chroot
671 * New keychains popup, to show where you are in a keychain
672 * Improved show-desktop mode. When you open a new window, the old windows
674 * Add <allDesktops> option to NextWindow and PreviousWindow. The desktop
675 name will be shown in the focus cycling popup
676 * Dynamically size the window and desktop dialogs. Desktop layouts that
677 aren't horizontal look better in the desktop cycling dialog.
678 * Support for legacy fullscreen applications (that don't use EWMH) such as
680 * Session support for old clients that do not use the session management
682 * Desktop setup is only changed on startup, so as to not overwrite settings
683 from other apps like pagers
684 * Take advantage of ksmserver (KDE Session Manager) features
685 * KDE/Openbox and GNOME/Openbox options for display manager GDM/KDM. Use
686 openbox-gnome-session and openbox-kde-session to run a GNOME or KDE
687 session with Openbox as the window manager.
688 * Titlebar buttons autohide when hiding won't move other buttons (removed
689 the hideDisabled option from config file)
690 * Support user time window hint, which is good for laptops power usage
691 * When legacy windows raise themselves, interpreate as wanting to be
692 activated. Makes Firefox more pleasant.
693 * Don't show handles on windows that cant resize for more extreme visual
695 * Let you move maximized windows between Xinerama monitors
696 * Improve application awareness of focus, e.g. Kopete and Firefox, so they
697 know when they are or aren't focused, and which window in their
698 application is focused
699 * Improvements in the distributed themes
700 * Add new Clearlooks and Clearlooks-Olive themes by John McKnight
701 * Fonts are no longer loaded from theme. They are loaded from the rc.xml
702 config file. Font shadow settings are still loaded from the theme though.
703 5 fonts to be set: ActiveWindow InactiveWindow, MenuHeader, MenuItem and
705 * Distributed theme names have been renamed with Capitalization
706 * menu.items.activedisabled.text.color
707 * menu.border.color (note that globbing might set these properties when
709 * window.active.border.color (note that globbing might set these
710 properties when you didnt mean to)
711 * window.inactive.border.color (note that globbing might set these
712 properties when you didnt mean to)
714 * Guarantee that titlebar buttons are even sized, so even sized icons
715 (button masks) will be centered
716 * Default titlebar button icons (as xbms) installed to /usr/share/doc/openbox
717 * New mouse binding contexts Left, Right, TLCorner, TRCorner and Top. These
718 need bindings in config file to be useful. Also new context Bottom which
719 is synonym for Handle.
720 * W is no longer hard coded to Mod4. It is now a shortcut for Super, which
721 is usually bound to Mod4. xmodmap will show your mapping.
722 * The per-app setting <head> has been renamed to <monitor>
723 * Can use "default" for anything in per-app settings
724 * Removed <edges_hit_layers_below> option from config file
725 * --reconfigure command line option
726 * --restart command line option
727 * Closed bug #886 - Reference point for client-menu
728 * Closed bug #898 - Add option for OB2 style menu behaviour
729 * Closed bug #952 - Focus sometimes gets lost when closing windows
730 * Closed bug #1006 - duplicate window title numbering is so-so
731 * Closed bug #1080 - menus dont update when using ctrl to keep them open
732 * Closed bug #1082 - doing window stuff while changing focus is mad slow
733 * Closed bug #1106 - Openbox resize problems with Beep Media Player and some
734 websites using Mozilla
735 * Closed bug #1146 - minimized windows dont unminimize from fspanel if ob
737 * Closed bug #1409 - Window stacking is messed up when dealing with multiple
739 * Closed bug #1526 - Incorrect handling of utility windows
740 * Closed bug #1846 - Patch for theme overrides
741 * Closed bug #1974 - Limit the number of resizes per second to make window
743 * Closed bug #2060 - Apps disappear when using composite extension
744 * Closed bug #2221 - _NET_WM_STATE_(ABOVE|BELOW) is being inherited
745 * Closed bug #2250 - openbox ignores size request ?
746 * Closed bug #2251 - support for legacy ""fullscreen""
747 * Closed bug #2254 - segfault in render/render.c on sendtodesktop [endian?]
748 * Closed bug #2255 - segmentation fault on 8-bit truecolor visual
749 * Closed bug #2258 - long menus truncated
750 * Closed bug #2311 - Does not display the pressed state while a button in the
752 * Closed bug #2321 - ResizeRelative -up and -left makes window move when at
754 * Closed bug #2483 - Pinned windows raise to top on all desktops when they
755 become focused on just one desktop
756 * Closed bug #2491 - Client List by App instead of by Desktop
757 * Closed bug #2551 - Request to be able to cycle docks (e.g.
758 * Closed bug #2659 - Menu header display should be configurable
759 * Closed bug #2769 - temporarily chroot the keychain tree
760 * Closed bug #2841 - Changes to the keepborder option aren't applied when
762 * Closed bug #2850 - Openbox gives black backgrounds to windows using the
763 new 'rgba' or 'argb' visual
764 * Closed bug #2865 - openbox 3.3 is not C89 compatible
765 * Closed bug #2872 - Focus issues with Eclipse and Firefox
766 * Closed bug #2878 - Openbox crash when used with vncserver
767 * Closed bug #2897 - Openbox shouldn't redraw the whole screen everytime
768 when minimizing windows.
769 * Closed bug #2898 - Patch adding advanced keyboard support in popup menus.
770 * Closed bug #2982 - tilda doesn't work propertly
771 * Closed bug #3034 - themeupdate.py seems to bee broken
772 * Closed bug #3045 - RrPaint in obrender should be split for easier use by
774 * Closed bug #3050 - 'syscrash' theme update
775 * Closed bug #3051 - When closing windows
776 * Closed bug #3053 - Updates de.po for German Localisation
777 * Closed bug #3059 - Feature Request: NextWindowForAllWorkspaces
778 * Closed bug #3063 - extensions_xinerama_screens() leaks memory if Xinerama
780 * Closed bug #3064 - slist_path_add() might leak memory
781 * Closed bug #3068 - Multimonitor focus problems
782 * Closed bug #3081 - window doesn't appear
783 * Closed bug #3092 - Config parser expects wrong values of "layer" in
784 per-application settings
785 * Closed bug #3094 - smart placement should Ignore maximized windows
786 * Closed bug #3100 - Netwmpager is configured with layer = "below" but OB
788 * Closed bug #3101 - Openbox won't compile on CentOS 4.4
789 * Closed bug #3102 - svn-6175 windows come not back in the foregroud
790 * Closed bug #3106 - Fullscreened mplayer loses focus when switching to
791 another desktop and back
792 * Closed bug #3108 - After revision 6437 the desktop dialog window stays on
796 * Fix panels getting a border with keepBorder turned on.
797 * Fix a crash in mirrorhorizontal when drawing a surface with width 1.
800 * Add a showDelay option for the dock.
801 * Fixed onscreen-keeping code which broke a bit in -rc2.
802 * Fix incorrect handling of window properties on 64 bit arches.
803 * Fix pixelsize being the same as size for pango, now it is correct.
804 * Fix drawing of icons taller than wide, eg gimp.
805 * Add a 'mirrorhorizontal' gradient, like horizontal but mirrored in the
806 center and 'splitvertical' which is like vertical but nonlinear in a fancy
808 * Translations for de, hr and zh_TW added.
809 * Add initial per-app settings support.
810 * Fix some outstanding issues with 64-bit support.
811 * Add an optional delay for displaying submenus so you can move the mouse
812 over some entries without flashing each submenu.
813 * Plug some minor memleaks and fix minor bugs.
814 * Changed algorithm for downscaling window icons.
816 * Disable support for libstartup-notification by default, it doesn't seem
818 * Allow disabling of duplicate window numbering by option titleNumber in
820 * Add moverelative and resizerelative actions.
821 * Option middle for menus that make submenus be centered instead of aligned
822 by the top edge to the parent entry.
823 * Fix transient (ie dialog) windows being placed offscreen if the parent
824 is close to the edge of the screen.
827 * Fixed some typos and errors in rc.xsd
828 * Add the noStrut option to the dock (to allow maximizing windows over it),
829 useful when it is not in the above layer.
830 * Fix transparent terminals not updating when using ToggleDecor.
831 * Yet more poking at the onscreen-keeping code, should now do the right
833 * Add an option to hide disabled buttons instead of showing them as disabled.
834 * Hopefully fixed all the remaining pango issues. The new 1.10 release also
836 * I think the lib linking in Makefile.am is right now, please tell me if it
838 * Added a finnish translation and some minor updates to others.
839 * Fixed configure.ac so --enable-pango doesn't disable pango support or the
840 other way around, make enabled be default to get some extra testing.
843 * Poked around a bit in the code that keeps windows onscreen, if you
844 are using xinerama, please let me know if things are better/worse/same.
845 * Add support for pango, disabled by default due to a bug in pango 1.8 that
846 breaks shadows, it works fine with 1.6.x though. Poke the pango developers
847 here http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169622 if you want this
849 * Made edge resist and Send/MoveToEdge not hit windows at layers below
850 the current one, add option to disable this behaviour.
851 * Fixed directional focus not getting trapped in omnipresent windows
852 * Fixed focus actions when bound to the mouse, normal focus cycle is always
853 linear and directional focus is totally disabled, it makes no sense
854 anyway, just move the mouse.
855 * Added an option for the raise/lower/raiselower/unshaderaise/shadelower
856 options called group that lets you bind stuff to raise/lower the whole
857 window group. <action name="raise"><group>yes</group></action>
858 * Add various new actions. I haven't updated the web docs yet, but I think
859 I managed to get all of them listed in rc.xsd.
860 * Bugs 1783, 1812, 1863, 1905, 2005, 1957 fixed.
861 * Some translations added. (ca, no, pl, ru, fr)
864 * Added spanish and swedish translations
865 * Changed "Unnamed Desktop" to "Desktop n" where n is the actual
866 number of the desktop
867 * Hopefully no more of the hanging X totally bug
868 * the fullscreen property now overrides aspect hints, all programs i've
869 tried that use it (mplayer and tvtime) handle the aspect internally
870 anyway, this just makes sure you have black borders all the way to the
871 edge. If this breaks anything for you, let me know.
872 * Added M as an alias for Mod3 in the same manner that W is an alias for Mod4
873 * Added probably too many options and actions
874 * ToggleDockAutohide to toggle the autohide option at runtime,
875 doesn't save it to the config
876 * keepBorder option to set if you want the 1-pixel border when you
878 * added popupShow and popupPosition to control where and when the
879 move/resize-popup is shown, these go in the resize section of the config
880 popupPosition can be Top or Center, popupShow can be Always, Never or
881 Nonpixel (this is the default).
882 * Added the xorStyle option to change the behaviour of menus along the bottom
883 edge, note that the default is true
884 * warpPointer option in the menu section to control if the mouse cursor is
885 to be warped by openbox when the menu moves to keep on screen to keep the
886 cursor in the same place relative to the menu. (I think i got that right)
887 * Added back the focusLast option (this controls what happens when you
888 change desktops and have followMouse on)
889 * Added an option to set which desktop to start on when you start openbox,
890 firstdesk, for example you might like to set it to 5 if you have a 3x3
891 grid to start in the middle.
892 * I think that was everything, have fun
895 * Added japanese translation (bug #1029)
896 * Closed bug #1060 (modal unfocused window should be placed above
898 * Closed bug #1012 (Openbox stalls gnome session startup after
900 * Closed bug #1073 (The Desktop action doesn't work)
901 * Closed bug #1023 (config_focus_raise declared as guint)
902 * Closed bug #1019 (Strange behavior with focus:followMouse and
904 * Closed bug #1007 (use g_snprintf in openbox/session.c instead of
906 * Closed bug #1001 (gimp crashes openbox)
907 * Closed bug #1005 (import -frame leaves windows in a temporary
909 * Closed bug #881 (Programs started with X become zombies upon
911 * Closed bug #1025 (desktopnext/previous and desktopleft/right dont
915 * Closed bug #908 (sometimes some weird grab is left)
916 * Closed bug #945 (xawtv overlay visible on every desktop)
917 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
919 * Closed bug #946 (use g_strsplit in parse.c:split_paths())
920 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
921 * Closed bug #951 (stale openbox session files)
922 * Closed bug #947 (Sloppyfocus can yield two windows at the same time
924 * Closed bug #948 (Gets stuck in 'move' mode if mouse is let up while
925 dragged away from title bar)
926 * Closed bug #949 (dock above gnome panel behaviour)
927 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked)
928 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
929 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
930 * Closed bug #919 (Temporary raise window when alt tabbing)
931 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
933 * Closed bug #925 (Invalid option: '--sm-save' & '--sm-disable')
934 * Closed bug #926 (problem with client-list-menu, destkop switching,
936 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
937 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
938 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
940 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
941 * Closed bug #957 (openbox crashes when exiting out of OpenOffice
943 * Closed bug #960 (look for dupes in xdg paths when setting up slists?)
944 * Closed bug #961 (Menu causes core dump)
945 * Closed bug #963 (wrapper for mkdir() in parse.c)
946 * Closed bug #964 (free GErrors in action.c, openbox.c)
947 * Closed bug #965 (add message for chdir() failure in openbox.c)
948 * Closed bug #966 (list->next/prev to g_[s]list_next/previous, list !=
950 * Closed bug #971 (typo in code)
951 * Closed bug #974 (use g_getenv() in parser/parse.c)
952 * Closed bug #975 (void * -> gpointer)
953 * Closed bug #976 (use g_strerror() in openbox/session.c)
954 * Closed bug #978 (disable entry to go to desktop if it is the current)
955 * Closed bug #979 (request for version check in ob libraries)
956 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
958 * Closed bug #968 (rc.xml refers to a non-existant "debian" menu file)
961 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
963 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
964 * Fix crash when restoring a session with a maximized window
965 * Fix leak of RrColors in menus
966 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
967 * Allow focus to be moved around by clients (for WM_TAKE_FOCUS to
968 work as it is meant to). This means fullscreen apps like wine and
970 * Reversed the default directions for the mouse wheel desktop
972 * Don't wrap around in the default keyboard desktop switching bindings
973 * Place parentless dialogs so they avoid always-on-top windows
974 * Ignore fullscreen windows in placing new ones
975 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
979 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
980 * Allow resizing of windows in only vertical/horizontal directions
981 (via Alt-MiddleClick-Drag with the default bindings)
982 * Added intelligence to window cycling and raise/lowering based on
984 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked). This has the
985 side effect that panels which do not set the ABOVE state (most panels
986 curerntly around) will no longer be kept always on top. You can set the
987 ABOVE state yourself by using the client menu (Alt-RightClick in the
988 default bindings) and selecting the Always on top Layer
989 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
990 * Added a focus indicator during focus cycling that is always visible
991 instead of just moving the focus hilight around.
994 * Closed bug #885 (raiseOnFocus is flawed)
995 * Closed bug #887 (Mouse-wheel scrolling only changes 1 desktop when
996 using "dialog" option)
997 * Closed bug #888 (some random coredump)
998 * Closed bug #889 (focus follow mouse not following)
999 * Closed bug #892 (client_under_pointer() doesn't check DESKTOP_ALL)
1000 * Avoid the focus flicker when switching desktops
1001 * Free the XML DOM trees properly, fixes mem leak
1004 * Closed bug #875 (RaiseLower fails to funtion on windows with dialogs)
1005 * Added the <moveButton> option for moving dock apps around inside the
1006 dock. (Closes bug #798)
1007 * Made the "Desktop" action show the pager/desktop dialog
1008 * Add the <dialog> option to the Desktop and Focus switching actions
1009 * No longer iconify fullscreen windows when they lose focus (Closes
1011 * When not using focusLast, when a focused transient is closed, focus
1012 will still fallback to its parent or transient siblings
1013 * Improved intelligence for focus cycling with modal transients
1014 * Removed the focusLast option
1015 * Added the placement-policy option to select if windows are placed
1016 under the mouse pointer
1017 * Children inherit their window icon from their parent
1018 * Closed bug #878 (minimal resizing of mplayer makes openbox crash)
1019 * Fix case where opening a menu would leave Openbox in a locked state
1020 * Upstream updates for TheBear theme
1023 * Added _OB_WM_STATE_UNDECORATED hint, which can be read and controlled
1024 by external applications
1025 * Closed bug #874 (libtool won't install libobrender.la)
1026 * Launch ObConf when selecting GNOME's Desktop Preferences for Windows
1027 * Focus new children always if their direct parent is focused
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