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