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