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