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