2 * Updated Czech, Chinese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish and Spanish, translations
3 * Add an example of the "force" option for the per-app placement options to
4 the default rc.xml file
5 * Add a new xdg-autostart script. This will eventually end up in the PyXDG
6 distribution hopefully, but it is included in Openbox for now. This script
7 runs things based on the freedesktop.org autostart specification. You can
8 have it run GNOME, KDE, ROX, or XFCE specific things if you want. The
9 new default system-wide autostart.sh script runs it automatically
10 * Fix white font shadows (negative shadowtint)
11 * Update the autostart.sh to find gnome-settings-daemon correctly, as the
12 GNOME people have moved it to libexec
13 * Fix focus possibly getting stolen when using the Focus action
14 * Drastically speed up rendering of Vertical and SplitVertical gradients
15 * Speed improvements also for Horizonal and Pyramid gradients
16 * Add new theme options, menu.overlap.x and menu.overlap.y options, that let
17 you independently control the horizontal and vertical position of submenus
18 * Change _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages to not change the current desktop, but
19 to bring the window to the current desktop instead. This is the industry
21 * Use the pretty new openbox.png icon as the default window icon
22 * Allow matching per-application rules to windows by their window type
23 (normal, dialog, splash, etc). The default rc.xml has more details
24 * Add new Openbox-themed prompt windows. Use these prompt windows to ask
25 before killing off windows that aren't responding. This also means we
26 don't need to ping every window constantly forever
27 * Reduce Openbox's memory footprint and speed up rendering through the use
28 of a new icon cache, so that Openbox only needs to keep 1 copy of an icon
29 when 100 different windows share it
30 * Make Openbox menus have the "menu type" hint for compositors to see and use
31 * Fix actions so that key presses will not be lost between running the
32 ShowMenu action and the menu appearing
33 * Fix the MoveResizeTo action for negative coords (opposite edges)
34 * Fix key bindings getting lost if multiple bindings at the same level could
35 not be translated (Fixes VMWare causing Openbox keybindings to stop
37 * Fix the resize popup box for terminal windows with a base size of 0 (show
38 the right size values for urxvt terminals)
39 * Add new theme options for menu line separators: menu.separator.color,
40 menu.separator.width, menu.separator.padding.width,
41 menu.separator.padding.height
42 * Add xfce-mcs-manager to the default autostart.sh, and run it automatically
43 when gnome-settings-daemon is not present to have GTK apps inherit settings
44 from the XFCE configuration tools
45 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Execute action. If this is set to a
46 string, a dialog will be shown with that string in it and "yes"/"no"
47 buttons. The command to be executed will only be run if the user selects
49 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Exit action, which is a boolean (not a
50 string). When true, Openbox will show a dialog confirming if you want to
54 * Updated Clearlooks theme
55 * Add the force="yes/no" option for the per-app settings' <position> tag
56 * Raise and focus modal children and their direct parents together, improved
57 usability with direct modal transient windows
58 * Fix crash when using <raise> for NextWindow and there are no windows
60 * Add the <manageDesktops> option in the rc.xml <menu> section, which toggles
61 the "Manage Desktops" section appearing in the combined-client-list-menu
62 * Fix for menu headers showing the wrong text
63 * Fix for the <focusLast> behavior
64 * Treat modal direct children as one window with their parent consistently
67 * Added Basque translation
68 * Updated French, Vietnamese German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese,
69 Brasilian Portuguese, Norwegian, and Finnish translations
70 * New Clearlooks theme, updated by David Barr
71 * Updated the previous Clearlooks theme, and renamed it to Clearlooks-3.4
72 * Allow dialog type windows to go fullscreen (Fixes Kpdf)
73 * Remove the extraneous top border for undecorated windows while maximized
74 * Fixes for keyboard modifiers (Alt-tab dialog getting stuck on screen for
76 * Automatically catch changes to the keyboard map and reconfigure the key
78 * Fix focus moving incorrectly sometimes with focus under mouse enabled
79 * Make default configuration focus the desktop when you right click
80 * Add the <bar> and <raise> options for all window cycling actions, allowing
81 you to have your target window temporarily raised above all others, and to
82 turn the focus target indicator bar off
83 * Improve the LastDesktop action to not remember desktops you skipped across
84 * Ignore mouse clicks that are made on override-redirect (unmanaged) windows
85 * When opening a menu with a key binding, don't use the key binding to run
87 * Add a <monitor> option for window placement, which gives you the option
88 to place new windows on the active monitor, or the monitor where the mouse
89 is, instead of on any monitor (for xinerama multihead setups)
90 * Add options for placing the window move/resize coordinate popup window in
91 a fixed position on screen, rather than relative to the window being
93 * Prevent the dock from auto-hiding completely offscreen if the theme has
96 * Fix race condition when running things that want to grab the keyboard
97 (e.g. gnome-panel-control --main-menu)
98 * When dialog windows ask to not appear in the taskbar, still give them focus
99 in normal ways (fixes new GNOME session logout dialogs)
100 * Fix bug with resizing corners on certain parts of the window frame
101 * Ping applications to tell when they are running or have become frozen.
102 Show a [Not Responding] message in the title bar of windows which are
104 * When closing a window which is [Not Responding], kill the window's process
105 if it is running on the same machine as Openbox. Otherwise, just
107 the window from the X display. A second attempt to close a [Not
109 window will kill it forcefully (kill -9).
110 * Fixes for internal timers
111 * Add a <wmclass> option for the execute action's startup-notification. This
112 lets you tell Openbox that the application will map a window with the
113 specified class - for applications that do not support startup-notification
115 * Fix for empty dock taking up space onscreen after a reconfigure
116 * Reduce Openbox's additional memory footprint per-window and per-menu
117 * Faster horizontal gradient rendering
118 * Don't deiconify windows that aren't allowed to be directly iconified on
119 restart (eg toolbars), as they can be iconified by other means
120 * Improve support for fullscreen windows in xinerama (TwinView) and
121 multiple-screen setups
122 * Add a --config-file command line option, to specify an alternate
123 configuration file path
126 * Added Hungarian translation
127 * Updated Finnish, Russian, German and French translations
128 * Fixed some very minor memory leaks
129 * Hide the desktop popup when showing the focus popup
130 * Fix a crash when trying to access the More... menu of
131 client-list-combined-menu
132 * Fix the coordinate popup only showing up on the first monitor in xinerama
133 * Add --exit to exit the currently running openbox instance
136 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation
137 * Updated Norwegian translation
138 * Fix for MoveToEdge skipping edges sometimes
139 * Let you specify the vertical and horizontal padding independently in themes
140 * Fix so that if you select an omnipresent window on another desktop in the
141 client list menus, it will go to that desktop
142 * Make the GrowToEdge action shrink once there is no more room to grow,
143 similar to in 3.4.2, but shrinking to edges as well
144 * Move the Send To and Layers submenus to the top of the client menu
145 * Fix race causing omnipresent windows to lose focus when switching desktops
147 * Don't focus new windows on other desktops if they aren't related to the
148 currently focused window
149 * Add corner resizing areas in the inner client border (Fixes themes such
151 * New focus stealing prevention that is smart and not intrusive and not
153 * Revert a small change in 3.4.3 that caused windows to be placed funny in
154 Smart placement when there was a dock or something on the side of the
156 * Show a notification when switching desktops
157 * Fix for delayed focus-follows-mouse interrupting move/resize or menus
158 * Make screen edge warp keep warping without having the move the mouse 1
160 * Fix for resizing terminals in the top/left sides getting a little confused
161 * Fix to keep oldschool (Non-EWMH) fullscreen windows from being moved and
162 resized inside of the struts (Fixes Acroread)
163 * Accept the <command> option for the Restart command, similar to the Execute
165 * Don't make clicking on dock apps sometimes act like clicking on the root
166 window (Don't propogate button events up)
167 * Fix a bug introduced in 3.4.3 which caused the Windows key as a modifier
168 for bindings to not work properly
169 * Let windows skip across monitors in a Xinerama setup when using MoveToEdge
170 or Shift-arrow in an interactive move
171 * Make move and resize take the dock into account for resistance
172 * Raise new windows when it makes sense, when they aren't being focused
173 * Change default config to use click events for mouse wheel bindings instead
177 * Add Ukrainian translation
178 * Updated translations:
179 - Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Estonian, German, Portuguese,
180 Vietnamese, Finnish, Czech, Arabic, Spanish, Swedish, French
181 * Improve focus fallback - don't fallback to windows you can't focus cycle
183 * Don't show the client border for undecorated windows when keepBorder is on,
184 just the outer border
185 * Some improvements in the smart placement to help it find a place more
186 often. This needs more work still.
187 * Don't focus windows that appear under the mouse in mouse-focus mode unless
188 underMouse is enabled
189 * Don't move focus when the window under the pointer iconifies unless
190 underMouse is enabled
191 * Respect min/max window sizes when a window is fullscreened or maximized.
192 This fixes problems experienced with maximizing vnc windows
193 * Don't XUngrabKeyboard unless we need to
194 * Correct calculations for the menu header width, so that they are not
195 ellisized unnecessarily
196 * Advanced support for partial struts. When you maximize a window it will
197 now only use the struts it needs to. This can greatly improve
198 xinerama functionality.
199 * Fixes for how the dock is placed in certain positions on screen (off by 1
201 * New default bindings:
202 - don't unshade when clicking on the titlebar
203 - raise when unshading with the scrollwheel
204 - lower when shading with the scrollwheel
205 * Don't show the top resize area in the titlebar when a window is shaded
206 * Optimize rendering of window decorations
207 * Optimize splitvertical gradients - no more malloc/free during render
208 * Let the theme specify all colors for a splitvertical gradient with the new
209 .splitTo theme elements
210 * Improve decorations for maximized windows. Don't draw the side borders in
212 * Don't resist against desklet windows (below layer + skip taskbar)
213 * New actions for dynamically adjusting your desktop workspaces:
214 - AddDesktopLast, RemoveDesktopLast
215 - AddDesktopCurrent, RemoveDestopCurrent
216 * New <center> option for smart placement (default is on)
217 * Fix MoveToCenter in Xinerama (TwinView) setups
218 * Let you lower a window without lowering its children or siblings
219 * Don't set the default Openbox icon on child windows, let them inherit the
220 icon from their parents
221 * Fix Onyx themes - fade out disabled buttons
222 * Don't auto-resize windows to fit on screen if they are UserSpecified
224 * Don't activate windows which raise themselves anymore. It was a nice
225 thought, but it caused too much problems
226 * Rewrite of the actions subsystem
227 * Removed deprecated actions:
228 - ShowDesktop, UnshowDesktop (Use ToggleShowDesktop)
229 - ResizeRelativeVert, ResizeRelativeHorz (Use ResizeRelative)
230 * Combined the MoveFromEdge* actions with MoveToEdge* actions, and removed
231 the MoveFromEdge* action names.
232 * Switch desktops when moving a window and you drag it to the edge of the
233 screen (added the <screenEdgeWarpTime> option for this)
234 * Add actions to add/remove the last desktop in the client list menus
235 * Use startup notification when launching ObConf in the default root menu
236 * Remove the desktop switching dialog, as it confuses people and they don't
237 know how to turn it off to switch desktops instantly. Some other
238 incarnation may return in the future.
239 * Add optional <finalactions> option for NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
240 DirectionalFocus*, and DirectionalTarget* actions
241 * Don't focus new helper windows unless they are alone in their group. This
243 * Fancy keyboard window moving:
244 - Shift-arrow will move the window to the next edge
245 - Control-arrow will move the window by only 1 pixel
246 - Arrow will move the window by a larger number of pixels
247 * Fancy keyboard window resizing:
248 - The first arrow will choose an edge to resize (then you can grow or
249 shrink the window on that edge)
250 - Hitting an arrow perpendicular to your selected edge will choose a
251 different edge to resize
252 - Shift-arrow will grow/shrink the window to the next edge
253 - Control arrow will grow/shrink the window by only 1 pixel
254 - Arrow will grow/shrink the window by a larger number of pixel
255 * Timeout when synchronously resizing a window so you can still resize busy
256 or dead application windows
257 * Let you specify keyboard shortcuts in your root menus with _. Such as
258 label="XTe_rm" would make 'r' the shortcut key.
259 * Fixes for placing windows with per-app settings:
260 - you can now place windows relative to any edge of the screen instead of
261 only the top left. (-0 uses the far edge, +0 uses the near edge. You can
262 use --0 and +-0 to specify negative numbers.)
263 - fix bug with windows being placed far off-screen occasionally
264 - allow you to place windows partially outside of the screen
265 - let per-app settings override program-specified positions (but not if it
267 * Add user-specified margins to the configuration file
268 * Fix for transient windows in groups with transient windows of the group
269 transients. That wasn't supposed to be legible. i.e. 2 group transients
270 and 1 direct transient for one of the group transients.
271 * Don't include child/parent windows in tests for being occluded or occluding
272 other windows, since you can't raise/lower above/below them. This fixes
273 the raiselower action for windows which have children.
274 * Reduce the size of the middle gradient in splitvertical gradients. This
275 makes the split harder than it was in 3.4.2
276 * Don't include debian/ dir in releases
277 * Add resize bindings for the edges to the default hardcoded bindings
278 * Fix focus cycle indicator positioning for some windows (i.e. OpenOffice)
279 * Add the MoveResizeTo action. This is very xinerama aware! It also lets
280 you move a window to any edge of any screen.
281 * Make actions that look for edges include the dock's edges (e.g. MoveToEdge)
282 * New preferred option for the Execute action is <command> instead of
283 <execute> but the old one will still work.
284 * Fix for moving windows partially offsceen causing them to jump far away
285 * Fix for windows which are not on any monitor, to keep them on screen
287 * Require libstartupnotification 0.8 in configure (we use stuff that was not
288 around in some earlier versions)
289 * Grab the server when mapping windows to avoid race conditions in other
290 programs (getting MapNotify before you are visible)
291 * Handle case gracefully when ConfigureRequent for restacking specifies
292 a siblig which we aren't managing
293 * Use KeyRelease to run things from Openbox menus, so that the release
294 does not go to the focused window (causing the new window to not get
296 * Add new actions for controlling window decorations:
297 - Decorate, Undecorate
298 * Fix so that the values for per-app settings are not case sensitive
299 * Fix crash with very small windows
300 * Fix resize resistance for windows with aspect ratio limits
301 * Let you resize windows with aspect ratio limits in the vertical directions
304 * Add ability to set the bevel strength in themes
305 * Fix for focusLast with omnipresent windows
306 * Cache pipe menus while the menus are open
307 * Allow non-interactive directional focus key bindings
308 * Change how nested interactive key bindings work (it stays in the key chain,
309 like chroot, until you end the interactive action)
310 * Fix for gtk apps trying to get focus - mostly nullify focus stealing
311 prevention (Fixes Tilda)
312 * Send ConfigureNotify always on ConfigureRequest (Previous emacs fix
313 makes this possible now)
314 * Fix RelativeResize action for right/bottom edges
315 * Remove SCIM from the default autostart.sh - it has caused problems with
316 some (buggy) panels, such as pypanel
317 * Fix the titlebar changing to non-focused when iconifying a window with
319 * Use the new osd theme hints for the dock, rather than the titlebar hints
320 * Fix rare crash when menu is hidden while browsing it
321 * End move/resize more cleanly when focus moves during a move/resize
322 * Don't focus new windows when browsing a menu or moving/resizing a window,
323 just flash the window instead, so that the menu/move/resize doesn't have to
327 * Add Vietnamese translation
328 * Add Japanese translation
329 * Keep new transient windows from not getting focus when any related window
331 * Change behavior of underMouse option - make focus go under the mouse when
332 no window has focus anymore, rather than to the last used window
333 * Make on-screen display dialogs (such as the Alt-Tab dialog) appear on the
334 active monitor when using Xinerama (a.k.a. TwinView)
335 * Fix for window stacking - let you lower sibling transient windows behind
337 * Fix directional focus actions when used without a dialog
338 * Fix race that could prevent ObConf from setting the desktop names correctly
339 * Add new theme options:
340 - window.active.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
341 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
342 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
343 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.image.color
344 - window.inactive.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
345 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
346 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
347 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.image.color
348 - window.active.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
349 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
350 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.bg
351 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.bg
352 - window.inactive.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
353 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
354 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.bg
355 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.bg
356 * Add new Onyx and Onyx-Citrus themes
357 * Updated Mikachu theme using new theme options
358 * Improvements to splitvertical gradients - Add a small gradient in the
359 middle between the upper and lower gradients
360 * Fix another emacs event storm, don't configure the window when it sets its
361 WM_NORMAL_HINTS unless we have to
362 * Fix for focus cycling to helper windows - Don't count dialogs as a sibling,
363 so they don't stop you
364 * Allow the use of negative numbers in per-app settings position to place a
365 window relative to the right/bottom edges of your monitor (taking the
366 struts (panels) into account)
367 * Fix focus moving irrationally when focusLast was off
370 * Add Indian Bengali translation
371 * Updated Italian translation
372 * Small updates to Czech, Estonian, Norwegian, and German translations
373 * Removed out-of-date Japanese translation (ja.po)
374 * Removed out-of-date Croatian translation (hr.po)
375 * Allow parentrelative theme textures to have borders, bevels and interlacing
376 * Add new theme elements: window.active.title.separator.color and
377 window.inactive.title.separator.color (note that globbing might set these
378 properties when you didnt mean to)
379 * Add new theme elements: osd.border.width, osd.border.color, osd.bg,
380 osd.label.bg, osd.label.text.color, osd.label.text.font, osd.hilight.bg,
382 * Add new underMouse focus option
383 * Rename new theme element menu.items.activedisabled to
384 menu.items.active.disabled for consistency with other elements
385 * Improvements to smart placement - especially with xinerama (Twinview)
386 * Fixes for focus with omnipresent windows - Allow focus to fallback to them
387 except during desktop switches (other mechanisms exist for that)
388 * Fix for putting child windows (transients) on all desktops
389 * Changes to how Shift/Control/CapsLock are used
390 * Fix focus fallback when windows are not visible (showing the desktop, or
392 * Fix bug #3196 - Unable to alt-tab away from full-screen windows
393 * Fix crash in parsing empty xml fields
394 * Fix left and right contexts resizing the wrong way in the example mouse
396 * Fix so dock doesn't auto-hide when the mouse is inside it (over top of a
398 * Allow new utility windows to gain focus like normal windows
399 * Add workarounds for Java Swing applications (Extra ConfigureNotify events)
400 * More fixes for modal window usability (Deiconify the modal window when you
401 try to focus its parent)
402 * Fixes to focus tracking, especially with iconify animation
403 * Changes to libobrender's API for ObConf 2.0 (RrThemeNew)
404 * Check for libxml >= 2.6.0 when compiling
405 * Fix for Openoffice windows (Static window gravity)
406 * Fix for hovering over window buttons while a menu is open
407 * Make the Escape key close all levels of a menu, not just one
408 * Change default drag threshold to 8px (Same as in XSettings)
409 * Fixes for windows restacking with TopIf, BottomIf, or Opposite modes.
410 Only compare with valid windows
411 * Fix for actions which find other window edges. Find all windows, and only
412 windows which are on the right desktop
413 * Improve RaiseLower action (Not lower when it doesn't need to move the
415 * Fix for the menu hideDelay (Don't hide immediately when you click to open
416 the menu), make it work reliably
417 * Make focusLast default to true when not present in the config file
420 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that prevented you from raising focused
421 windows above fullscreen windows
422 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that made the desktop window keep focus
423 when changing desktops
424 * Add Arabic translations
425 * Added Control-Alt-Up/Down bindings to the mouse focus example rc.xml
426 * Don't raise on clients in the client context in the mouse focus example
428 * Fixes for when to focus new windows - improve keeping transient windows
429 from stealing focus, and allow new windows to get focus when any relative
431 * Fixes for frame decorations layout
432 * Fixes for forcing window sizes to fit on the screen. Don't resize windows
433 if they are a user-specified size (USSize) or if they are non-normal
434 windows. (Fix Rox pinboard mapping across multiple monitors)
435 * Centre window icons when they are not square
436 * Fixes for Java windows behaving badly - Java makes all kinds of
437 non-standard-compliant assumptions which we are forced to meet
438 * Changed startup notification timeout from 30 to 20 seconds
439 * Fix possible crashes and misbehaviors with new focus cycling dialogs
440 * Recreate enter events when Press mouse actions move windows (e.g. Lower
441 action) for focus-follows-mouse
442 * Update Slovak translation
443 * Highlight the first menu entry when there is a separator/header at the top
444 * Only highlight the first menu entry when the menu is opened with a key
446 * Fix crash when you press enter with nothing selected in the menu
447 * Fix for ignoring an unmap event after restart
448 * Fixes for setting the clients' colormaps
449 * Change focusLast option behavior to what it was in 3.3.1. It only affects
451 * Add comments to the default rc.xml files about the various focus options
452 * Fix focus bug where a window had the keyboard grabbed when it unmapped
453 (Firefox gmarks extension)
454 * Update Catalan translation
455 * Fix alignment of the titlebar elements when the window icon is placed to
456 the right of the label
457 * Improve placement of child (transient) windows. When their parent is
458 omnipresent, open the child on the current desktop only.
459 * When a window has modal children on another desktop and you try to focus
460 it, bring the modal child to the current desktop to focus it instead
461 * Let you focus cycle to windows with a modal child on another desktop
462 * Fix for not seeing windows change their partial strut
463 * Give iconified windows a faded icon in the focus cycling (Alt-Tab) dialog,
464 and in the client list menus
465 * Make it more difficult to select items by accident in parent menus when it
466 changes direction. Moving the mouse only selects menu entries for a few
467 levels of open menus. Mouse clicks will select menu entries further down.
468 * Add Simplified Chinese translation
469 * Set the current theme in the OB_THEME root property for other applications
470 * Notify ksplash when we have started up if dcop is installed
471 * Allow you to resize the window on the client padding as well as the outer
473 * Fix to show the focus cycle indicator when focus cycling and there is only
475 * Centre splash screens on one monitor
476 * Don't centre parent-less utility/menu/toolbar windows on the screen
477 * Remove the bottom decorations for fully maximized windows
478 * Fix crash when reconfiguring and no themes can be found
481 * Fix a bug introduced in .993 that prevented you from switching desktops
482 and caused general mayhem
485 * Update for Russian translation
486 * Added Dutch translation
487 * Fix for choosing badly sized icons from the window for the window cycling
488 dialog (and other things). (Fixes Pidgin icon)
489 * Open child (transient) windows on the current desktop if they don't have
490 a direct parent, or if the parents are not all on some other desktop.
491 (Fixes Pidgin and Gimp dialogs appearing on the wrong desktop)
492 * Make windows fit within the available space when they are first created,
493 if they are not user-positioned. (Fix xpdf making itself bigger than the
494 space inside the struts, and hiding behind them).
495 * Don't let child (transient) windows steal focus when the situation is
497 * Fix bevels and borders display in the titlebar
498 * Set the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW hint properly, when nothing is focused (This
499 is the proper fix for libwnck pagers.)
500 * Fallback focus immediately during iconify animation in all cases (was
501 missing RevertToParent case)
502 * Fix new frame elements being given 0 sizes for very small windows
503 * Send iconified windows to the bottom of the focus order so you can
504 Alt-Shift-Tab to get back what you just iconified. This makes things more
506 * Show the hostname for remotely run programs in iconified titles
507 * Stop focus flicker when sending windows to a desktop and following them,
508 and when changing desktops with an omnipresent window focused
509 * Empty desktop names in the configuration file are not used, so you can set
510 a name on the second desktop without having to set one on the first
511 * Make control key work for menu accelerators like it does for mouse
512 clicking and hitting enter
513 * Add C-A-Up/Down mouse bindings to switch desktops, similar to the
514 C-A-Left/Right/Up/Down keyboard bindings
517 * Don't move mouse focus when the mouse is over the focus cycling dialog
518 * Fixes for positioning of frame decoration elements
519 * Update for Brazilian Portuguese translation
520 * Improvements in how decorations respond for maximized windows. (If they
521 can't be resized don't "hide" the resizing contexts)
522 * Updated Italian translation
523 * Added Czech translation
524 * Fix for applications that do weird things with modal windows (Make sure
525 you can focus cycle to them)
526 * Updated Spanish translation
527 * Fix for programs using the old WM-spec, and not setting unused fields to
528 0 in _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages (Rox pinboard)
529 * Fixes for default rc.xml configuration file. Updated comments and comment
530 out the applications section in an xml compatible way.
531 * Update for Portuguese translation
532 * Fix support for window gravity (eg xterm -geometry -0+0)
533 * Fix for libwnck with iconify animation (Unmap the parent of the client's
535 * Force the top left corner of new windows onto the screen area, if the
536 position wasn't requested by the user (Fix xpdf and others hiding their
537 titlebar under a panel)
538 * Fix for determining text geometry from Pango
539 * Save the desktop layout and names in the session, and restore them on next
541 * The <desktop> section from the configuration file is only used for
542 defaults, and so is only applied at the start of a new log-in. (Use ObConf
543 1.6.2 to change the config file for these options, and have them set
544 immediately, if you don't use a session manager to save them.)
545 * Fix updating and crashing in the old split client list menu
546 * Translate the default desktop names
547 * Update Taiwanese Chinese translation
548 * Less restrictions of behavior based on window type (Let you maximize
549 dialogs and utility windows)
550 * Fix for focus tracking when Press mouse actions are used
551 * Fix bug which let the openbox-*-session scripts take command-line arguments
552 * Better detection of legacy fullscreen windows vs. undercorated windows
553 that the user has maximized
556 * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
557 * Added a rough Italian translation
558 * Added Estonian translation
559 * Update Polish translation
560 * Make focus stealing prevention a little less intrusive, especially with
562 * Updates for Swedish translation
563 * Fixes for decorations of maximized windows
564 * Fix so that clicking in the corner of a maximized window presses the button
565 * Don't reload the session and reapply it when restarting
566 * Fix for losing the original size of a window that mapped with maximized
567 state (or on restart)
568 * Let you move splash type windows
569 * Fix for window placement using wrong dimensions
570 * Stop xemacs ConfigureNotify storm
571 * Fix bug stopping panels from moving themselves off-screen to hide
573 * Fix for GNOME/Openbox and openbox-gnome-session to use a new session name,
574 because GNOME won't let you replace the window manager in the saved session
575 * Don't restore session state when multiple windows have the same
576 identifiers, because we can't tell them apart then (Firefox/Thunderbird)
577 * Small fixes to build system to make it more reliable
578 * Fix for what manpage files are distributed in the source code, so they
579 will not be pre-built with the wrong info
580 * Fix pkg-config files for compiling things against Openbox libraries
583 * Wildcard matching for per-application (per-window) settings. Let you match
584 multiple rules for a window. (Props to Mark Pustjens for code to do this.)
585 * Added startup notification support to the menus and key/mouse bindings
586 with <startupnotify>. It's an option for execute actions.
587 * New combined client menu, accessed with
588 <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu></action>
589 * No menu titles - instead added separators with labels to be used as menu
590 headers anywhere in menus
591 * Improved client menu - placement, the options in it, and added an icon for
593 * Keyboard shortcuts in menus, by highlighted letter or by the first letter
594 * Menus dont jump around, are always placed on screen
595 * Menus larger than can fit on the screen are broken into a submenu at the
596 bottom titled "More..."
597 * Disabled menu items can be selected now (not used though, of course)
598 * Using ()'s instead of a line separator to signify iconified windows in the
600 * New Root context for mouse bindings
601 * New "alt-tab" focus switching dialog
602 * openbox-session command and log-in option which provides the autostart
604 * SCIM support in the default Openbox session launched by the
605 openbox-session command
606 * Many code paths made significantly faster
607 * Sections of code rewritten to be more reliable, such as session
608 save/restore and input focus handling
609 * Handle the X server's clock going backwards, without locking up. Sometimes
610 the server can still lock up though, it is not recommended to do this!
611 * Better handling of window types such as docks, utility windows, tool bar
612 windows. Clicking to focus these windows is done more intelligently. Dock
613 windows no longer get focus when you click them, so that you don't have
614 focus flickering when you use a dock window with a taskbar.
615 * Better language support through Pango, which is now mandatory, and the
616 code for Pango has been greatly improved and optimized.
617 * Support for windows that use true 32-bit transparency
618 * Resize grips (with mouse binding contexts) for the top, left, and right of
620 * Smarter about keeping windows on the screen without invading user's
622 * Add MoveFromEdge* actions corresponding to MoveToEdge* but aligns far
623 edges instead of near edges, so if you have two overlapping windows you
624 can easily put them side by side.
625 * Better choice of mouse cursors for startup notification
626 * Focus stealing prevention
627 * Improve window placement across multiple Xinerama monitors
628 * Support 8-bit truecolor visuals (such as in vncserver)
629 * Better, more friendly support for omnipresent windows
630 * Full support for EWMH 1.4-draft2
631 * Iconify/restore animation !
632 * Improved support for running openbox with multiple screens (non-xinerama)
633 - won't steal focus from other screens, and let you focus a screen by
634 clicking on the desktop (root window).
635 * Support for more cursors through XCursor, means that startup notification
636 can use a pointer+watch cursor if you are using an XCursor theme
637 * Fully maximize terminal windows (and any resized-by-increment window)
638 * Show the hostname of clients running on remote computers in the titlebar
639 * Add <panels> and <desktop> options to NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
640 DirectionalFocusNorth etc..
641 * Synchronize resizing with the application when possible
642 * Smarter subdivision of windows into 9 sections for resizing
643 * Set default icon on windows so applications can agree on an icon
644 * Better support for programs that are on more than one desktop
645 (multiple firefox windows for example) - move to the desktop when you're
646 using the application and it opens a window on another desktop.
647 * Chrooted key chains, and key quoting through chroots
648 * New BreakChroot action to break out of the current chroot
649 * New keychains popup, to show where you are in a keychain
650 * Improved show-desktop mode. When you open a new window, the old windows
652 * Add <allDesktops> option to NextWindow and PreviousWindow. The desktop
653 name will be shown in the focus cycling popup
654 * Dynamically size the window and desktop dialogs. Desktop layouts that
655 aren't horizontal look better in the desktop cycling dialog.
656 * Support for legacy fullscreen applications (that don't use EWMH) such as
658 * Session support for old clients that do not use the session management
660 * Desktop setup is only changed on startup, so as to not overwrite settings
661 from other apps like pagers
662 * Take advantage of ksmserver (KDE Session Manager) features
663 * KDE/Openbox and GNOME/Openbox options for display manager GDM/KDM. Use
664 openbox-gnome-session and openbox-kde-session to run a GNOME or KDE
665 session with Openbox as the window manager.
666 * Titlebar buttons autohide when hiding won't move other buttons (removed
667 the hideDisabled option from config file)
668 * Support user time window hint, which is good for laptops power usage
669 * When legacy windows raise themselves, interpreate as wanting to be
670 activated. Makes Firefox more pleasant.
671 * Don't show handles on windows that cant resize for more extreme visual
673 * Let you move maximized windows between Xinerama monitors
674 * Improve application awareness of focus, e.g. Kopete and Firefox, so they
675 know when they are or aren't focused, and which window in their
676 application is focused
677 * Improvements in the distributed themes
678 * Add new Clearlooks and Clearlooks-Olive themes by John McKnight
679 * Fonts are no longer loaded from theme. They are loaded from the rc.xml
680 config file. Font shadow settings are still loaded from the theme though.
681 5 fonts to be set: ActiveWindow InactiveWindow, MenuHeader, MenuItem and
683 * Distributed theme names have been renamed with Capitalization
684 * menu.items.activedisabled.text.color
685 * menu.border.color (note that globbing might set these properties when
687 * window.active.border.color (note that globbing might set these
688 properties when you didnt mean to)
689 * window.inactive.border.color (note that globbing might set these
690 properties when you didnt mean to)
692 * Guarantee that titlebar buttons are even sized, so even sized icons
693 (button masks) will be centered
694 * Default titlebar button icons (as xbms) installed to /usr/share/doc/openbox
695 * New mouse binding contexts Left, Right, TLCorner, TRCorner and Top. These
696 need bindings in config file to be useful. Also new context Bottom which
697 is synonym for Handle.
698 * W is no longer hard coded to Mod4. It is now a shortcut for Super, which
699 is usually bound to Mod4. xmodmap will show your mapping.
700 * The per-app setting <head> has been renamed to <monitor>
701 * Can use "default" for anything in per-app settings
702 * Removed <edges_hit_layers_below> option from config file
703 * --reconfigure command line option
704 * --restart command line option
705 * Closed bug #886 - Reference point for client-menu
706 * Closed bug #898 - Add option for OB2 style menu behaviour
707 * Closed bug #952 - Focus sometimes gets lost when closing windows
708 * Closed bug #1006 - duplicate window title numbering is so-so
709 * Closed bug #1080 - menus dont update when using ctrl to keep them open
710 * Closed bug #1082 - doing window stuff while changing focus is mad slow
711 * Closed bug #1106 - Openbox resize problems with Beep Media Player and some
712 websites using Mozilla
713 * Closed bug #1146 - minimized windows dont unminimize from fspanel if ob
715 * Closed bug #1409 - Window stacking is messed up when dealing with multiple
717 * Closed bug #1526 - Incorrect handling of utility windows
718 * Closed bug #1846 - Patch for theme overrides
719 * Closed bug #1974 - Limit the number of resizes per second to make window
721 * Closed bug #2060 - Apps disappear when using composite extension
722 * Closed bug #2221 - _NET_WM_STATE_(ABOVE|BELOW) is being inherited
723 * Closed bug #2250 - openbox ignores size request ?
724 * Closed bug #2251 - support for legacy ""fullscreen""
725 * Closed bug #2254 - segfault in render/render.c on sendtodesktop [endian?]
726 * Closed bug #2255 - segmentation fault on 8-bit truecolor visual
727 * Closed bug #2258 - long menus truncated
728 * Closed bug #2311 - Does not display the pressed state while a button in the
730 * Closed bug #2321 - ResizeRelative -up and -left makes window move when at
732 * Closed bug #2483 - Pinned windows raise to top on all desktops when they
733 become focused on just one desktop
734 * Closed bug #2491 - Client List by App instead of by Desktop
735 * Closed bug #2551 - Request to be able to cycle docks (e.g.
736 * Closed bug #2659 - Menu header display should be configurable
737 * Closed bug #2769 - temporarily chroot the keychain tree
738 * Closed bug #2841 - Changes to the keepborder option aren't applied when
740 * Closed bug #2850 - Openbox gives black backgrounds to windows using the
741 new 'rgba' or 'argb' visual
742 * Closed bug #2865 - openbox 3.3 is not C89 compatible
743 * Closed bug #2872 - Focus issues with Eclipse and Firefox
744 * Closed bug #2878 - Openbox crash when used with vncserver
745 * Closed bug #2897 - Openbox shouldn't redraw the whole screen everytime
746 when minimizing windows.
747 * Closed bug #2898 - Patch adding advanced keyboard support in popup menus.
748 * Closed bug #2982 - tilda doesn't work propertly
749 * Closed bug #3034 - themeupdate.py seems to bee broken
750 * Closed bug #3045 - RrPaint in obrender should be split for easier use by
752 * Closed bug #3050 - 'syscrash' theme update
753 * Closed bug #3051 - When closing windows
754 * Closed bug #3053 - Updates de.po for German Localisation
755 * Closed bug #3059 - Feature Request: NextWindowForAllWorkspaces
756 * Closed bug #3063 - extensions_xinerama_screens() leaks memory if Xinerama
758 * Closed bug #3064 - slist_path_add() might leak memory
759 * Closed bug #3068 - Multimonitor focus problems
760 * Closed bug #3081 - window doesn't appear
761 * Closed bug #3092 - Config parser expects wrong values of "layer" in
762 per-application settings
763 * Closed bug #3094 - smart placement should Ignore maximized windows
764 * Closed bug #3100 - Netwmpager is configured with layer = "below" but OB
766 * Closed bug #3101 - Openbox won't compile on CentOS 4.4
767 * Closed bug #3102 - svn-6175 windows come not back in the foregroud
768 * Closed bug #3106 - Fullscreened mplayer loses focus when switching to
769 another desktop and back
770 * Closed bug #3108 - After revision 6437 the desktop dialog window stays on
774 * Fix panels getting a border with keepBorder turned on.
775 * Fix a crash in mirrorhorizontal when drawing a surface with width 1.
778 * Add a showDelay option for the dock.
779 * Fixed onscreen-keeping code which broke a bit in -rc2.
780 * Fix incorrect handling of window properties on 64 bit arches.
781 * Fix pixelsize being the same as size for pango, now it is correct.
782 * Fix drawing of icons taller than wide, eg gimp.
783 * Add a 'mirrorhorizontal' gradient, like horizontal but mirrored in the
784 center and 'splitvertical' which is like vertical but nonlinear in a fancy
786 * Translations for de, hr and zh_TW added.
787 * Add initial per-app settings support.
788 * Fix some outstanding issues with 64-bit support.
789 * Add an optional delay for displaying submenus so you can move the mouse
790 over some entries without flashing each submenu.
791 * Plug some minor memleaks and fix minor bugs.
792 * Changed algorithm for downscaling window icons.
794 * Disable support for libstartup-notification by default, it doesn't seem
796 * Allow disabling of duplicate window numbering by option titleNumber in
798 * Add moverelative and resizerelative actions.
799 * Option middle for menus that make submenus be centered instead of aligned
800 by the top edge to the parent entry.
801 * Fix transient (ie dialog) windows being placed offscreen if the parent
802 is close to the edge of the screen.
805 * Fixed some typos and errors in rc.xsd
806 * Add the noStrut option to the dock (to allow maximizing windows over it),
807 useful when it is not in the above layer.
808 * Fix transparent terminals not updating when using ToggleDecor.
809 * Yet more poking at the onscreen-keeping code, should now do the right
811 * Add an option to hide disabled buttons instead of showing them as disabled.
812 * Hopefully fixed all the remaining pango issues. The new 1.10 release also
814 * I think the lib linking in Makefile.am is right now, please tell me if it
816 * Added a finnish translation and some minor updates to others.
817 * Fixed configure.ac so --enable-pango doesn't disable pango support or the
818 other way around, make enabled be default to get some extra testing.
821 * Poked around a bit in the code that keeps windows onscreen, if you
822 are using xinerama, please let me know if things are better/worse/same.
823 * Add support for pango, disabled by default due to a bug in pango 1.8 that
824 breaks shadows, it works fine with 1.6.x though. Poke the pango developers
825 here http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169622 if you want this
827 * Made edge resist and Send/MoveToEdge not hit windows at layers below
828 the current one, add option to disable this behaviour.
829 * Fixed directional focus not getting trapped in omnipresent windows
830 * Fixed focus actions when bound to the mouse, normal focus cycle is always
831 linear and directional focus is totally disabled, it makes no sense
832 anyway, just move the mouse.
833 * Added an option for the raise/lower/raiselower/unshaderaise/shadelower
834 options called group that lets you bind stuff to raise/lower the whole
835 window group. <action name="raise"><group>yes</group></action>
836 * Add various new actions. I haven't updated the web docs yet, but I think
837 I managed to get all of them listed in rc.xsd.
838 * Bugs 1783, 1812, 1863, 1905, 2005, 1957 fixed.
839 * Some translations added. (ca, no, pl, ru, fr)
842 * Added spanish and swedish translations
843 * Changed "Unnamed Desktop" to "Desktop n" where n is the actual
844 number of the desktop
845 * Hopefully no more of the hanging X totally bug
846 * the fullscreen property now overrides aspect hints, all programs i've
847 tried that use it (mplayer and tvtime) handle the aspect internally
848 anyway, this just makes sure you have black borders all the way to the
849 edge. If this breaks anything for you, let me know.
850 * Added M as an alias for Mod3 in the same manner that W is an alias for Mod4
851 * Added probably too many options and actions
852 * ToggleDockAutohide to toggle the autohide option at runtime,
853 doesn't save it to the config
854 * keepBorder option to set if you want the 1-pixel border when you
856 * added popupShow and popupPosition to control where and when the
857 move/resize-popup is shown, these go in the resize section of the config
858 popupPosition can be Top or Center, popupShow can be Always, Never or
859 Nonpixel (this is the default).
860 * Added the xorStyle option to change the behaviour of menus along the bottom
861 edge, note that the default is true
862 * warpPointer option in the menu section to control if the mouse cursor is
863 to be warped by openbox when the menu moves to keep on screen to keep the
864 cursor in the same place relative to the menu. (I think i got that right)
865 * Added back the focusLast option (this controls what happens when you
866 change desktops and have followMouse on)
867 * Added an option to set which desktop to start on when you start openbox,
868 firstdesk, for example you might like to set it to 5 if you have a 3x3
869 grid to start in the middle.
870 * I think that was everything, have fun
873 * Added japanese translation (bug #1029)
874 * Closed bug #1060 (modal unfocused window should be placed above
876 * Closed bug #1012 (Openbox stalls gnome session startup after
878 * Closed bug #1073 (The Desktop action doesn't work)
879 * Closed bug #1023 (config_focus_raise declared as guint)
880 * Closed bug #1019 (Strange behavior with focus:followMouse and
882 * Closed bug #1007 (use g_snprintf in openbox/session.c instead of
884 * Closed bug #1001 (gimp crashes openbox)
885 * Closed bug #1005 (import -frame leaves windows in a temporary
887 * Closed bug #881 (Programs started with X become zombies upon
889 * Closed bug #1025 (desktopnext/previous and desktopleft/right dont
893 * Closed bug #908 (sometimes some weird grab is left)
894 * Closed bug #945 (xawtv overlay visible on every desktop)
895 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
897 * Closed bug #946 (use g_strsplit in parse.c:split_paths())
898 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
899 * Closed bug #951 (stale openbox session files)
900 * Closed bug #947 (Sloppyfocus can yield two windows at the same time
902 * Closed bug #948 (Gets stuck in 'move' mode if mouse is let up while
903 dragged away from title bar)
904 * Closed bug #949 (dock above gnome panel behaviour)
905 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked)
906 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
907 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
908 * Closed bug #919 (Temporary raise window when alt tabbing)
909 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
911 * Closed bug #925 (Invalid option: '--sm-save' & '--sm-disable')
912 * Closed bug #926 (problem with client-list-menu, destkop switching,
914 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
915 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
916 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
918 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
919 * Closed bug #957 (openbox crashes when exiting out of OpenOffice
921 * Closed bug #960 (look for dupes in xdg paths when setting up slists?)
922 * Closed bug #961 (Menu causes core dump)
923 * Closed bug #963 (wrapper for mkdir() in parse.c)
924 * Closed bug #964 (free GErrors in action.c, openbox.c)
925 * Closed bug #965 (add message for chdir() failure in openbox.c)
926 * Closed bug #966 (list->next/prev to g_[s]list_next/previous, list !=
928 * Closed bug #971 (typo in code)
929 * Closed bug #974 (use g_getenv() in parser/parse.c)
930 * Closed bug #975 (void * -> gpointer)
931 * Closed bug #976 (use g_strerror() in openbox/session.c)
932 * Closed bug #978 (disable entry to go to desktop if it is the current)
933 * Closed bug #979 (request for version check in ob libraries)
934 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
936 * Closed bug #968 (rc.xml refers to a non-existant "debian" menu file)
939 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
941 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
942 * Fix crash when restoring a session with a maximized window
943 * Fix leak of RrColors in menus
944 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
945 * Allow focus to be moved around by clients (for WM_TAKE_FOCUS to
946 work as it is meant to). This means fullscreen apps like wine and
948 * Reversed the default directions for the mouse wheel desktop
950 * Don't wrap around in the default keyboard desktop switching bindings
951 * Place parentless dialogs so they avoid always-on-top windows
952 * Ignore fullscreen windows in placing new ones
953 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
957 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
958 * Allow resizing of windows in only vertical/horizontal directions
959 (via Alt-MiddleClick-Drag with the default bindings)
960 * Added intelligence to window cycling and raise/lowering based on
962 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked). This has the
963 side effect that panels which do not set the ABOVE state (most panels
964 curerntly around) will no longer be kept always on top. You can set the
965 ABOVE state yourself by using the client menu (Alt-RightClick in the
966 default bindings) and selecting the Always on top Layer
967 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
968 * Added a focus indicator during focus cycling that is always visible
969 instead of just moving the focus hilight around.
972 * Closed bug #885 (raiseOnFocus is flawed)
973 * Closed bug #887 (Mouse-wheel scrolling only changes 1 desktop when
974 using "dialog" option)
975 * Closed bug #888 (some random coredump)
976 * Closed bug #889 (focus follow mouse not following)
977 * Closed bug #892 (client_under_pointer() doesn't check DESKTOP_ALL)
978 * Avoid the focus flicker when switching desktops
979 * Free the XML DOM trees properly, fixes mem leak
982 * Closed bug #875 (RaiseLower fails to funtion on windows with dialogs)
983 * Added the <moveButton> option for moving dock apps around inside the
984 dock. (Closes bug #798)
985 * Made the "Desktop" action show the pager/desktop dialog
986 * Add the <dialog> option to the Desktop and Focus switching actions
987 * No longer iconify fullscreen windows when they lose focus (Closes
989 * When not using focusLast, when a focused transient is closed, focus
990 will still fallback to its parent or transient siblings
991 * Improved intelligence for focus cycling with modal transients
992 * Removed the focusLast option
993 * Added the placement-policy option to select if windows are placed
994 under the mouse pointer
995 * Children inherit their window icon from their parent
996 * Closed bug #878 (minimal resizing of mplayer makes openbox crash)
997 * Fix case where opening a menu would leave Openbox in a locked state
998 * Upstream updates for TheBear theme
1001 * Added _OB_WM_STATE_UNDECORATED hint, which can be read and controlled
1002 by external applications
1003 * Closed bug #874 (libtool won't install libobrender.la)
1004 * Launch ObConf when selecting GNOME's Desktop Preferences for Windows
1005 * Focus new children always if their direct parent is focused