2 * Updated Czech, Chinese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Brasilian
3 Portuguese, Japanese and Portuguese translations
4 * Add an example of the "force" option for the per-app placement options to
5 the default rc.xml file
6 * Add a new xdg-autostart script. This will eventually end up in the PyXDG
7 distribution hopefully, but it is included in Openbox for now. This script
8 runs things based on the freedesktop.org autostart specification. You can
9 have it run GNOME, KDE, ROX, or XFCE specific things if you want. The
10 new default system-wide autostart.sh script runs it automatically
11 * Update the default menu.xml to include a lot of common apps
12 * Fix white font shadows (negative shadowtint)
13 * Update the autostart.sh to find gnome-settings-daemon correctly, as the
14 GNOME people have moved it to libexec
15 * Fix focus possibly getting stolen when using the Focus action
16 * Drastically speed up rendering of Vertical and SplitVertical gradients
17 * Speed improvements also for Horizonal and Pyramid gradients
18 * Add new theme options, menu.overlap.x and menu.overlap.y options, that let
19 you independently control the horizontal and vertical position of submenus
20 * Change _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages to not change the current desktop, but
21 to bring the window to the current desktop instead. This is the industry
23 * Use the pretty new openbox.png icon as the default window icon
24 * Allow matching per-application rules to windows by their window type
25 (normal, dialog, splash, etc). The default rc.xml has more details
26 * Add new Openbox-themed prompt windows. Use these prompt windows to ask
27 before killing off windows that aren't responding. This also means we
28 don't need to ping every window constantly forever
29 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Execute action. If this is set to a
30 string, a dialog will be shown with that string in it and "yes"/"no"
31 buttons. The command to be executed will only be run if the user selects
33 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Exit action, which is a boolean (not a
34 string). When true, Openbox will show a dialog confirming if you want to
35 exit. The default is to show the prompt
36 * Reduce Openbox's memory footprint and speed up rendering through the use
37 of a new icon cache, so that Openbox only needs to keep 1 copy of an icon
38 when 100 different windows share it
39 * Make Openbox menus have the "menu type" hint for compositors to see and use
40 * Fix actions so that key presses will not be lost between running the
41 ShowMenu action and the menu appearing
42 * Fix the MoveResizeTo action for negative coords (opposite edges)
43 * Fix key bindings getting lost if multiple bindings at the same level could
44 not be translated (Fixes VMWare causing Openbox keybindings to stop
46 * Fix the resize popup box for terminal windows with a base size of 0 (show
47 the right size values for urxvt terminals)
48 * Fix some off-by-one bugs with the edge growing/shrinking code
49 * Add new theme options for menu line separators: menu.separator.color,
50 menu.separator.width, menu.separator.padding.width,
51 menu.separator.padding.height
52 * Add xfce-mcs-manager to the default autostart.sh, and run it automatically
53 when gnome-settings-daemon is not present to have GTK apps inherit settings
54 from the XFCE configuration tools
55 * Make the send-to-desktop menu in the client-menu indicate which is the current
56 desktop for omnipresent windows, and don't close it if just toggling
57 omni-presence when ctrl-clicking
58 * Add a new SessionLogout action that logs out through the session manager,
59 when running Openbox within a session manager such as within an
60 GNOME/Openbox or KDE/Openbox session. The action includes a <prompt>
61 option which is similar to the Exit action's
62 * Add a new gdm-control command that lets you control gdm from within an X
63 session. The gdm-control lets you change GDM's behaviour for when you end
64 the current session. For instance, you can tell GDM to reboot, and
65 then immediately log out of the current session, and the computer will be
67 * Show an information dialog when an error occurs for Openbox, such as when
68 the Execute action fails or when XML syntax errors are present in the
72 * Updated Clearlooks theme
73 * Add the force="yes/no" option for the per-app settings' <position> tag
74 * Raise and focus modal children and their direct parents together, improved
75 usability with direct modal transient windows
76 * Fix crash when using <raise> for NextWindow and there are no windows
78 * Add the <manageDesktops> option in the rc.xml <menu> section, which toggles
79 the "Manage Desktops" section appearing in the combined-client-list-menu
80 * Fix for menu headers showing the wrong text
81 * Fix for the <focusLast> behavior
82 * Treat modal direct children as one window with their parent consistently
85 * Added Basque translation
86 * Updated French, Vietnamese German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese,
87 Brasilian Portuguese, Norwegian, and Finnish translations
88 * New Clearlooks theme, updated by David Barr
89 * Updated the previous Clearlooks theme, and renamed it to Clearlooks-3.4
90 * Allow dialog type windows to go fullscreen (Fixes Kpdf)
91 * Remove the extraneous top border for undecorated windows while maximized
92 * Fixes for keyboard modifiers (Alt-tab dialog getting stuck on screen for
94 * Automatically catch changes to the keyboard map and reconfigure the key
96 * Fix focus moving incorrectly sometimes with focus under mouse enabled
97 * Make default configuration focus the desktop when you right click
98 * Add the <bar> and <raise> options for all window cycling actions, allowing
99 you to have your target window temporarily raised above all others, and to
100 turn the focus target indicator bar off
101 * Improve the LastDesktop action to not remember desktops you skipped across
102 * Ignore mouse clicks that are made on override-redirect (unmanaged) windows
103 * When opening a menu with a key binding, don't use the key binding to run
104 something in the menu
105 * Add a <monitor> option for window placement, which gives you the option
106 to place new windows on the active monitor, or the monitor where the mouse
107 is, instead of on any monitor (for xinerama multihead setups)
108 * Add options for placing the window move/resize coordinate popup window in
109 a fixed position on screen, rather than relative to the window being
111 * Prevent the dock from auto-hiding completely offscreen if the theme has
114 * Fix race condition when running things that want to grab the keyboard
115 (e.g. gnome-panel-control --main-menu)
116 * When dialog windows ask to not appear in the taskbar, still give them focus
117 in normal ways (fixes new GNOME session logout dialogs)
118 * Fix bug with resizing corners on certain parts of the window frame
119 * Ping applications to tell when they are running or have become frozen.
120 Show a [Not Responding] message in the title bar of windows which are
122 * When closing a window which is [Not Responding], kill the window's process
123 if it is running on the same machine as Openbox. Otherwise, just
125 the window from the X display. A second attempt to close a [Not
127 window will kill it forcefully (kill -9).
128 * Fixes for internal timers
129 * Add a <wmclass> option for the execute action's startup-notification. This
130 lets you tell Openbox that the application will map a window with the
131 specified class - for applications that do not support startup-notification
133 * Fix for empty dock taking up space onscreen after a reconfigure
134 * Reduce Openbox's additional memory footprint per-window and per-menu
135 * Faster horizontal gradient rendering
136 * Don't deiconify windows that aren't allowed to be directly iconified on
137 restart (eg toolbars), as they can be iconified by other means
138 * Improve support for fullscreen windows in xinerama (TwinView) and
139 multiple-screen setups
140 * Add a --config-file command line option, to specify an alternate
141 configuration file path
144 * Added Hungarian translation
145 * Updated Finnish, Russian, German and French translations
146 * Fixed some very minor memory leaks
147 * Hide the desktop popup when showing the focus popup
148 * Fix a crash when trying to access the More... menu of
149 client-list-combined-menu
150 * Fix the coordinate popup only showing up on the first monitor in xinerama
151 * Add --exit to exit the currently running openbox instance
154 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation
155 * Updated Norwegian translation
156 * Fix for MoveToEdge skipping edges sometimes
157 * Let you specify the vertical and horizontal padding independently in themes
158 * Fix so that if you select an omnipresent window on another desktop in the
159 client list menus, it will go to that desktop
160 * Make the GrowToEdge action shrink once there is no more room to grow,
161 similar to in 3.4.2, but shrinking to edges as well
162 * Move the Send To and Layers submenus to the top of the client menu
163 * Fix race causing omnipresent windows to lose focus when switching desktops
165 * Don't focus new windows on other desktops if they aren't related to the
166 currently focused window
167 * Add corner resizing areas in the inner client border (Fixes themes such
169 * New focus stealing prevention that is smart and not intrusive and not
171 * Revert a small change in 3.4.3 that caused windows to be placed funny in
172 Smart placement when there was a dock or something on the side of the
174 * Show a notification when switching desktops
175 * Fix for delayed focus-follows-mouse interrupting move/resize or menus
176 * Make screen edge warp keep warping without having the move the mouse 1
178 * Fix for resizing terminals in the top/left sides getting a little confused
179 * Fix to keep oldschool (Non-EWMH) fullscreen windows from being moved and
180 resized inside of the struts (Fixes Acroread)
181 * Accept the <command> option for the Restart command, similar to the Execute
183 * Don't make clicking on dock apps sometimes act like clicking on the root
184 window (Don't propogate button events up)
185 * Fix a bug introduced in 3.4.3 which caused the Windows key as a modifier
186 for bindings to not work properly
187 * Let windows skip across monitors in a Xinerama setup when using MoveToEdge
188 or Shift-arrow in an interactive move
189 * Make move and resize take the dock into account for resistance
190 * Raise new windows when it makes sense, when they aren't being focused
191 * Change default config to use click events for mouse wheel bindings instead
195 * Add Ukrainian translation
196 * Updated translations:
197 - Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Estonian, German, Portuguese,
198 Vietnamese, Finnish, Czech, Arabic, Spanish, Swedish, French
199 * Improve focus fallback - don't fallback to windows you can't focus cycle
201 * Don't show the client border for undecorated windows when keepBorder is on,
202 just the outer border
203 * Some improvements in the smart placement to help it find a place more
204 often. This needs more work still.
205 * Don't focus windows that appear under the mouse in mouse-focus mode unless
206 underMouse is enabled
207 * Don't move focus when the window under the pointer iconifies unless
208 underMouse is enabled
209 * Respect min/max window sizes when a window is fullscreened or maximized.
210 This fixes problems experienced with maximizing vnc windows
211 * Don't XUngrabKeyboard unless we need to
212 * Correct calculations for the menu header width, so that they are not
213 ellisized unnecessarily
214 * Advanced support for partial struts. When you maximize a window it will
215 now only use the struts it needs to. This can greatly improve
216 xinerama functionality.
217 * Fixes for how the dock is placed in certain positions on screen (off by 1
219 * New default bindings:
220 - don't unshade when clicking on the titlebar
221 - raise when unshading with the scrollwheel
222 - lower when shading with the scrollwheel
223 * Don't show the top resize area in the titlebar when a window is shaded
224 * Optimize rendering of window decorations
225 * Optimize splitvertical gradients - no more malloc/free during render
226 * Let the theme specify all colors for a splitvertical gradient with the new
227 .splitTo theme elements
228 * Improve decorations for maximized windows. Don't draw the side borders in
230 * Don't resist against desklet windows (below layer + skip taskbar)
231 * New actions for dynamically adjusting your desktop workspaces:
232 - AddDesktopLast, RemoveDesktopLast
233 - AddDesktopCurrent, RemoveDestopCurrent
234 * New <center> option for smart placement (default is on)
235 * Fix MoveToCenter in Xinerama (TwinView) setups
236 * Let you lower a window without lowering its children or siblings
237 * Don't set the default Openbox icon on child windows, let them inherit the
238 icon from their parents
239 * Fix Onyx themes - fade out disabled buttons
240 * Don't auto-resize windows to fit on screen if they are UserSpecified
242 * Don't activate windows which raise themselves anymore. It was a nice
243 thought, but it caused too much problems
244 * Rewrite of the actions subsystem
245 * Removed deprecated actions:
246 - ShowDesktop, UnshowDesktop (Use ToggleShowDesktop)
247 - ResizeRelativeVert, ResizeRelativeHorz (Use ResizeRelative)
248 * Combined the MoveFromEdge* actions with MoveToEdge* actions, and removed
249 the MoveFromEdge* action names.
250 * Switch desktops when moving a window and you drag it to the edge of the
251 screen (added the <screenEdgeWarpTime> option for this)
252 * Add actions to add/remove the last desktop in the client list menus
253 * Use startup notification when launching ObConf in the default root menu
254 * Remove the desktop switching dialog, as it confuses people and they don't
255 know how to turn it off to switch desktops instantly. Some other
256 incarnation may return in the future.
257 * Add optional <finalactions> option for NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
258 DirectionalFocus*, and DirectionalTarget* actions
259 * Don't focus new helper windows unless they are alone in their group. This
261 * Fancy keyboard window moving:
262 - Shift-arrow will move the window to the next edge
263 - Control-arrow will move the window by only 1 pixel
264 - Arrow will move the window by a larger number of pixels
265 * Fancy keyboard window resizing:
266 - The first arrow will choose an edge to resize (then you can grow or
267 shrink the window on that edge)
268 - Hitting an arrow perpendicular to your selected edge will choose a
269 different edge to resize
270 - Shift-arrow will grow/shrink the window to the next edge
271 - Control arrow will grow/shrink the window by only 1 pixel
272 - Arrow will grow/shrink the window by a larger number of pixel
273 * Timeout when synchronously resizing a window so you can still resize busy
274 or dead application windows
275 * Let you specify keyboard shortcuts in your root menus with _. Such as
276 label="XTe_rm" would make 'r' the shortcut key.
277 * Fixes for placing windows with per-app settings:
278 - you can now place windows relative to any edge of the screen instead of
279 only the top left. (-0 uses the far edge, +0 uses the near edge. You can
280 use --0 and +-0 to specify negative numbers.)
281 - fix bug with windows being placed far off-screen occasionally
282 - allow you to place windows partially outside of the screen
283 - let per-app settings override program-specified positions (but not if it
285 * Add user-specified margins to the configuration file
286 * Fix for transient windows in groups with transient windows of the group
287 transients. That wasn't supposed to be legible. i.e. 2 group transients
288 and 1 direct transient for one of the group transients.
289 * Don't include child/parent windows in tests for being occluded or occluding
290 other windows, since you can't raise/lower above/below them. This fixes
291 the raiselower action for windows which have children.
292 * Reduce the size of the middle gradient in splitvertical gradients. This
293 makes the split harder than it was in 3.4.2
294 * Don't include debian/ dir in releases
295 * Add resize bindings for the edges to the default hardcoded bindings
296 * Fix focus cycle indicator positioning for some windows (i.e. OpenOffice)
297 * Add the MoveResizeTo action. This is very xinerama aware! It also lets
298 you move a window to any edge of any screen.
299 * Make actions that look for edges include the dock's edges (e.g. MoveToEdge)
300 * New preferred option for the Execute action is <command> instead of
301 <execute> but the old one will still work.
302 * Fix for moving windows partially offsceen causing them to jump far away
303 * Fix for windows which are not on any monitor, to keep them on screen
305 * Require libstartupnotification 0.8 in configure (we use stuff that was not
306 around in some earlier versions)
307 * Grab the server when mapping windows to avoid race conditions in other
308 programs (getting MapNotify before you are visible)
309 * Handle case gracefully when ConfigureRequent for restacking specifies
310 a siblig which we aren't managing
311 * Use KeyRelease to run things from Openbox menus, so that the release
312 does not go to the focused window (causing the new window to not get
314 * Add new actions for controlling window decorations:
315 - Decorate, Undecorate
316 * Fix so that the values for per-app settings are not case sensitive
317 * Fix crash with very small windows
318 * Fix resize resistance for windows with aspect ratio limits
319 * Let you resize windows with aspect ratio limits in the vertical directions
322 * Add ability to set the bevel strength in themes
323 * Fix for focusLast with omnipresent windows
324 * Cache pipe menus while the menus are open
325 * Allow non-interactive directional focus key bindings
326 * Change how nested interactive key bindings work (it stays in the key chain,
327 like chroot, until you end the interactive action)
328 * Fix for gtk apps trying to get focus - mostly nullify focus stealing
329 prevention (Fixes Tilda)
330 * Send ConfigureNotify always on ConfigureRequest (Previous emacs fix
331 makes this possible now)
332 * Fix RelativeResize action for right/bottom edges
333 * Remove SCIM from the default autostart.sh - it has caused problems with
334 some (buggy) panels, such as pypanel
335 * Fix the titlebar changing to non-focused when iconifying a window with
337 * Use the new osd theme hints for the dock, rather than the titlebar hints
338 * Fix rare crash when menu is hidden while browsing it
339 * End move/resize more cleanly when focus moves during a move/resize
340 * Don't focus new windows when browsing a menu or moving/resizing a window,
341 just flash the window instead, so that the menu/move/resize doesn't have to
345 * Add Vietnamese translation
346 * Add Japanese translation
347 * Keep new transient windows from not getting focus when any related window
349 * Change behavior of underMouse option - make focus go under the mouse when
350 no window has focus anymore, rather than to the last used window
351 * Make on-screen display dialogs (such as the Alt-Tab dialog) appear on the
352 active monitor when using Xinerama (a.k.a. TwinView)
353 * Fix for window stacking - let you lower sibling transient windows behind
355 * Fix directional focus actions when used without a dialog
356 * Fix race that could prevent ObConf from setting the desktop names correctly
357 * Add new theme options:
358 - window.active.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
359 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
360 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
361 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.image.color
362 - window.inactive.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
363 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
364 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
365 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.image.color
366 - window.active.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
367 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
368 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.bg
369 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.bg
370 - window.inactive.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
371 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
372 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.bg
373 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.bg
374 * Add new Onyx and Onyx-Citrus themes
375 * Updated Mikachu theme using new theme options
376 * Improvements to splitvertical gradients - Add a small gradient in the
377 middle between the upper and lower gradients
378 * Fix another emacs event storm, don't configure the window when it sets its
379 WM_NORMAL_HINTS unless we have to
380 * Fix for focus cycling to helper windows - Don't count dialogs as a sibling,
381 so they don't stop you
382 * Allow the use of negative numbers in per-app settings position to place a
383 window relative to the right/bottom edges of your monitor (taking the
384 struts (panels) into account)
385 * Fix focus moving irrationally when focusLast was off
388 * Add Indian Bengali translation
389 * Updated Italian translation
390 * Small updates to Czech, Estonian, Norwegian, and German translations
391 * Removed out-of-date Japanese translation (ja.po)
392 * Removed out-of-date Croatian translation (hr.po)
393 * Allow parentrelative theme textures to have borders, bevels and interlacing
394 * Add new theme elements: window.active.title.separator.color and
395 window.inactive.title.separator.color (note that globbing might set these
396 properties when you didnt mean to)
397 * Add new theme elements: osd.border.width, osd.border.color, osd.bg,
398 osd.label.bg, osd.label.text.color, osd.label.text.font, osd.hilight.bg,
400 * Add new underMouse focus option
401 * Rename new theme element menu.items.activedisabled to
402 menu.items.active.disabled for consistency with other elements
403 * Improvements to smart placement - especially with xinerama (Twinview)
404 * Fixes for focus with omnipresent windows - Allow focus to fallback to them
405 except during desktop switches (other mechanisms exist for that)
406 * Fix for putting child windows (transients) on all desktops
407 * Changes to how Shift/Control/CapsLock are used
408 * Fix focus fallback when windows are not visible (showing the desktop, or
410 * Fix bug #3196 - Unable to alt-tab away from full-screen windows
411 * Fix crash in parsing empty xml fields
412 * Fix left and right contexts resizing the wrong way in the example mouse
414 * Fix so dock doesn't auto-hide when the mouse is inside it (over top of a
416 * Allow new utility windows to gain focus like normal windows
417 * Add workarounds for Java Swing applications (Extra ConfigureNotify events)
418 * More fixes for modal window usability (Deiconify the modal window when you
419 try to focus its parent)
420 * Fixes to focus tracking, especially with iconify animation
421 * Changes to libobrender's API for ObConf 2.0 (RrThemeNew)
422 * Check for libxml >= 2.6.0 when compiling
423 * Fix for Openoffice windows (Static window gravity)
424 * Fix for hovering over window buttons while a menu is open
425 * Make the Escape key close all levels of a menu, not just one
426 * Change default drag threshold to 8px (Same as in XSettings)
427 * Fixes for windows restacking with TopIf, BottomIf, or Opposite modes.
428 Only compare with valid windows
429 * Fix for actions which find other window edges. Find all windows, and only
430 windows which are on the right desktop
431 * Improve RaiseLower action (Not lower when it doesn't need to move the
433 * Fix for the menu hideDelay (Don't hide immediately when you click to open
434 the menu), make it work reliably
435 * Make focusLast default to true when not present in the config file
438 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that prevented you from raising focused
439 windows above fullscreen windows
440 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that made the desktop window keep focus
441 when changing desktops
442 * Add Arabic translations
443 * Added Control-Alt-Up/Down bindings to the mouse focus example rc.xml
444 * Don't raise on clients in the client context in the mouse focus example
446 * Fixes for when to focus new windows - improve keeping transient windows
447 from stealing focus, and allow new windows to get focus when any relative
449 * Fixes for frame decorations layout
450 * Fixes for forcing window sizes to fit on the screen. Don't resize windows
451 if they are a user-specified size (USSize) or if they are non-normal
452 windows. (Fix Rox pinboard mapping across multiple monitors)
453 * Centre window icons when they are not square
454 * Fixes for Java windows behaving badly - Java makes all kinds of
455 non-standard-compliant assumptions which we are forced to meet
456 * Changed startup notification timeout from 30 to 20 seconds
457 * Fix possible crashes and misbehaviors with new focus cycling dialogs
458 * Recreate enter events when Press mouse actions move windows (e.g. Lower
459 action) for focus-follows-mouse
460 * Update Slovak translation
461 * Highlight the first menu entry when there is a separator/header at the top
462 * Only highlight the first menu entry when the menu is opened with a key
464 * Fix crash when you press enter with nothing selected in the menu
465 * Fix for ignoring an unmap event after restart
466 * Fixes for setting the clients' colormaps
467 * Change focusLast option behavior to what it was in 3.3.1. It only affects
469 * Add comments to the default rc.xml files about the various focus options
470 * Fix focus bug where a window had the keyboard grabbed when it unmapped
471 (Firefox gmarks extension)
472 * Update Catalan translation
473 * Fix alignment of the titlebar elements when the window icon is placed to
474 the right of the label
475 * Improve placement of child (transient) windows. When their parent is
476 omnipresent, open the child on the current desktop only.
477 * When a window has modal children on another desktop and you try to focus
478 it, bring the modal child to the current desktop to focus it instead
479 * Let you focus cycle to windows with a modal child on another desktop
480 * Fix for not seeing windows change their partial strut
481 * Give iconified windows a faded icon in the focus cycling (Alt-Tab) dialog,
482 and in the client list menus
483 * Make it more difficult to select items by accident in parent menus when it
484 changes direction. Moving the mouse only selects menu entries for a few
485 levels of open menus. Mouse clicks will select menu entries further down.
486 * Add Simplified Chinese translation
487 * Set the current theme in the OB_THEME root property for other applications
488 * Notify ksplash when we have started up if dcop is installed
489 * Allow you to resize the window on the client padding as well as the outer
491 * Fix to show the focus cycle indicator when focus cycling and there is only
493 * Centre splash screens on one monitor
494 * Don't centre parent-less utility/menu/toolbar windows on the screen
495 * Remove the bottom decorations for fully maximized windows
496 * Fix crash when reconfiguring and no themes can be found
499 * Fix a bug introduced in .993 that prevented you from switching desktops
500 and caused general mayhem
503 * Update for Russian translation
504 * Added Dutch translation
505 * Fix for choosing badly sized icons from the window for the window cycling
506 dialog (and other things). (Fixes Pidgin icon)
507 * Open child (transient) windows on the current desktop if they don't have
508 a direct parent, or if the parents are not all on some other desktop.
509 (Fixes Pidgin and Gimp dialogs appearing on the wrong desktop)
510 * Make windows fit within the available space when they are first created,
511 if they are not user-positioned. (Fix xpdf making itself bigger than the
512 space inside the struts, and hiding behind them).
513 * Don't let child (transient) windows steal focus when the situation is
515 * Fix bevels and borders display in the titlebar
516 * Set the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW hint properly, when nothing is focused (This
517 is the proper fix for libwnck pagers.)
518 * Fallback focus immediately during iconify animation in all cases (was
519 missing RevertToParent case)
520 * Fix new frame elements being given 0 sizes for very small windows
521 * Send iconified windows to the bottom of the focus order so you can
522 Alt-Shift-Tab to get back what you just iconified. This makes things more
524 * Show the hostname for remotely run programs in iconified titles
525 * Stop focus flicker when sending windows to a desktop and following them,
526 and when changing desktops with an omnipresent window focused
527 * Empty desktop names in the configuration file are not used, so you can set
528 a name on the second desktop without having to set one on the first
529 * Make control key work for menu accelerators like it does for mouse
530 clicking and hitting enter
531 * Add C-A-Up/Down mouse bindings to switch desktops, similar to the
532 C-A-Left/Right/Up/Down keyboard bindings
535 * Don't move mouse focus when the mouse is over the focus cycling dialog
536 * Fixes for positioning of frame decoration elements
537 * Update for Brazilian Portuguese translation
538 * Improvements in how decorations respond for maximized windows. (If they
539 can't be resized don't "hide" the resizing contexts)
540 * Updated Italian translation
541 * Added Czech translation
542 * Fix for applications that do weird things with modal windows (Make sure
543 you can focus cycle to them)
544 * Updated Spanish translation
545 * Fix for programs using the old WM-spec, and not setting unused fields to
546 0 in _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages (Rox pinboard)
547 * Fixes for default rc.xml configuration file. Updated comments and comment
548 out the applications section in an xml compatible way.
549 * Update for Portuguese translation
550 * Fix support for window gravity (eg xterm -geometry -0+0)
551 * Fix for libwnck with iconify animation (Unmap the parent of the client's
553 * Force the top left corner of new windows onto the screen area, if the
554 position wasn't requested by the user (Fix xpdf and others hiding their
555 titlebar under a panel)
556 * Fix for determining text geometry from Pango
557 * Save the desktop layout and names in the session, and restore them on next
559 * The <desktop> section from the configuration file is only used for
560 defaults, and so is only applied at the start of a new log-in. (Use ObConf
561 1.6.2 to change the config file for these options, and have them set
562 immediately, if you don't use a session manager to save them.)
563 * Fix updating and crashing in the old split client list menu
564 * Translate the default desktop names
565 * Update Taiwanese Chinese translation
566 * Less restrictions of behavior based on window type (Let you maximize
567 dialogs and utility windows)
568 * Fix for focus tracking when Press mouse actions are used
569 * Fix bug which let the openbox-*-session scripts take command-line arguments
570 * Better detection of legacy fullscreen windows vs. undercorated windows
571 that the user has maximized
574 * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
575 * Added a rough Italian translation
576 * Added Estonian translation
577 * Update Polish translation
578 * Make focus stealing prevention a little less intrusive, especially with
580 * Updates for Swedish translation
581 * Fixes for decorations of maximized windows
582 * Fix so that clicking in the corner of a maximized window presses the button
583 * Don't reload the session and reapply it when restarting
584 * Fix for losing the original size of a window that mapped with maximized
585 state (or on restart)
586 * Let you move splash type windows
587 * Fix for window placement using wrong dimensions
588 * Stop xemacs ConfigureNotify storm
589 * Fix bug stopping panels from moving themselves off-screen to hide
591 * Fix for GNOME/Openbox and openbox-gnome-session to use a new session name,
592 because GNOME won't let you replace the window manager in the saved session
593 * Don't restore session state when multiple windows have the same
594 identifiers, because we can't tell them apart then (Firefox/Thunderbird)
595 * Small fixes to build system to make it more reliable
596 * Fix for what manpage files are distributed in the source code, so they
597 will not be pre-built with the wrong info
598 * Fix pkg-config files for compiling things against Openbox libraries
601 * Wildcard matching for per-application (per-window) settings. Let you match
602 multiple rules for a window. (Props to Mark Pustjens for code to do this.)
603 * Added startup notification support to the menus and key/mouse bindings
604 with <startupnotify>. It's an option for execute actions.
605 * New combined client menu, accessed with
606 <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu></action>
607 * No menu titles - instead added separators with labels to be used as menu
608 headers anywhere in menus
609 * Improved client menu - placement, the options in it, and added an icon for
611 * Keyboard shortcuts in menus, by highlighted letter or by the first letter
612 * Menus dont jump around, are always placed on screen
613 * Menus larger than can fit on the screen are broken into a submenu at the
614 bottom titled "More..."
615 * Disabled menu items can be selected now (not used though, of course)
616 * Using ()'s instead of a line separator to signify iconified windows in the
618 * New Root context for mouse bindings
619 * New "alt-tab" focus switching dialog
620 * openbox-session command and log-in option which provides the autostart
622 * SCIM support in the default Openbox session launched by the
623 openbox-session command
624 * Many code paths made significantly faster
625 * Sections of code rewritten to be more reliable, such as session
626 save/restore and input focus handling
627 * Handle the X server's clock going backwards, without locking up. Sometimes
628 the server can still lock up though, it is not recommended to do this!
629 * Better handling of window types such as docks, utility windows, tool bar
630 windows. Clicking to focus these windows is done more intelligently. Dock
631 windows no longer get focus when you click them, so that you don't have
632 focus flickering when you use a dock window with a taskbar.
633 * Better language support through Pango, which is now mandatory, and the
634 code for Pango has been greatly improved and optimized.
635 * Support for windows that use true 32-bit transparency
636 * Resize grips (with mouse binding contexts) for the top, left, and right of
638 * Smarter about keeping windows on the screen without invading user's
640 * Add MoveFromEdge* actions corresponding to MoveToEdge* but aligns far
641 edges instead of near edges, so if you have two overlapping windows you
642 can easily put them side by side.
643 * Better choice of mouse cursors for startup notification
644 * Focus stealing prevention
645 * Improve window placement across multiple Xinerama monitors
646 * Support 8-bit truecolor visuals (such as in vncserver)
647 * Better, more friendly support for omnipresent windows
648 * Full support for EWMH 1.4-draft2
649 * Iconify/restore animation !
650 * Improved support for running openbox with multiple screens (non-xinerama)
651 - won't steal focus from other screens, and let you focus a screen by
652 clicking on the desktop (root window).
653 * Support for more cursors through XCursor, means that startup notification
654 can use a pointer+watch cursor if you are using an XCursor theme
655 * Fully maximize terminal windows (and any resized-by-increment window)
656 * Show the hostname of clients running on remote computers in the titlebar
657 * Add <panels> and <desktop> options to NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
658 DirectionalFocusNorth etc..
659 * Synchronize resizing with the application when possible
660 * Smarter subdivision of windows into 9 sections for resizing
661 * Set default icon on windows so applications can agree on an icon
662 * Better support for programs that are on more than one desktop
663 (multiple firefox windows for example) - move to the desktop when you're
664 using the application and it opens a window on another desktop.
665 * Chrooted key chains, and key quoting through chroots
666 * New BreakChroot action to break out of the current chroot
667 * New keychains popup, to show where you are in a keychain
668 * Improved show-desktop mode. When you open a new window, the old windows
670 * Add <allDesktops> option to NextWindow and PreviousWindow. The desktop
671 name will be shown in the focus cycling popup
672 * Dynamically size the window and desktop dialogs. Desktop layouts that
673 aren't horizontal look better in the desktop cycling dialog.
674 * Support for legacy fullscreen applications (that don't use EWMH) such as
676 * Session support for old clients that do not use the session management
678 * Desktop setup is only changed on startup, so as to not overwrite settings
679 from other apps like pagers
680 * Take advantage of ksmserver (KDE Session Manager) features
681 * KDE/Openbox and GNOME/Openbox options for display manager GDM/KDM. Use
682 openbox-gnome-session and openbox-kde-session to run a GNOME or KDE
683 session with Openbox as the window manager.
684 * Titlebar buttons autohide when hiding won't move other buttons (removed
685 the hideDisabled option from config file)
686 * Support user time window hint, which is good for laptops power usage
687 * When legacy windows raise themselves, interpreate as wanting to be
688 activated. Makes Firefox more pleasant.
689 * Don't show handles on windows that cant resize for more extreme visual
691 * Let you move maximized windows between Xinerama monitors
692 * Improve application awareness of focus, e.g. Kopete and Firefox, so they
693 know when they are or aren't focused, and which window in their
694 application is focused
695 * Improvements in the distributed themes
696 * Add new Clearlooks and Clearlooks-Olive themes by John McKnight
697 * Fonts are no longer loaded from theme. They are loaded from the rc.xml
698 config file. Font shadow settings are still loaded from the theme though.
699 5 fonts to be set: ActiveWindow InactiveWindow, MenuHeader, MenuItem and
701 * Distributed theme names have been renamed with Capitalization
702 * menu.items.activedisabled.text.color
703 * menu.border.color (note that globbing might set these properties when
705 * window.active.border.color (note that globbing might set these
706 properties when you didnt mean to)
707 * window.inactive.border.color (note that globbing might set these
708 properties when you didnt mean to)
710 * Guarantee that titlebar buttons are even sized, so even sized icons
711 (button masks) will be centered
712 * Default titlebar button icons (as xbms) installed to /usr/share/doc/openbox
713 * New mouse binding contexts Left, Right, TLCorner, TRCorner and Top. These
714 need bindings in config file to be useful. Also new context Bottom which
715 is synonym for Handle.
716 * W is no longer hard coded to Mod4. It is now a shortcut for Super, which
717 is usually bound to Mod4. xmodmap will show your mapping.
718 * The per-app setting <head> has been renamed to <monitor>
719 * Can use "default" for anything in per-app settings
720 * Removed <edges_hit_layers_below> option from config file
721 * --reconfigure command line option
722 * --restart command line option
723 * Closed bug #886 - Reference point for client-menu
724 * Closed bug #898 - Add option for OB2 style menu behaviour
725 * Closed bug #952 - Focus sometimes gets lost when closing windows
726 * Closed bug #1006 - duplicate window title numbering is so-so
727 * Closed bug #1080 - menus dont update when using ctrl to keep them open
728 * Closed bug #1082 - doing window stuff while changing focus is mad slow
729 * Closed bug #1106 - Openbox resize problems with Beep Media Player and some
730 websites using Mozilla
731 * Closed bug #1146 - minimized windows dont unminimize from fspanel if ob
733 * Closed bug #1409 - Window stacking is messed up when dealing with multiple
735 * Closed bug #1526 - Incorrect handling of utility windows
736 * Closed bug #1846 - Patch for theme overrides
737 * Closed bug #1974 - Limit the number of resizes per second to make window
739 * Closed bug #2060 - Apps disappear when using composite extension
740 * Closed bug #2221 - _NET_WM_STATE_(ABOVE|BELOW) is being inherited
741 * Closed bug #2250 - openbox ignores size request ?
742 * Closed bug #2251 - support for legacy ""fullscreen""
743 * Closed bug #2254 - segfault in render/render.c on sendtodesktop [endian?]
744 * Closed bug #2255 - segmentation fault on 8-bit truecolor visual
745 * Closed bug #2258 - long menus truncated
746 * Closed bug #2311 - Does not display the pressed state while a button in the
748 * Closed bug #2321 - ResizeRelative -up and -left makes window move when at
750 * Closed bug #2483 - Pinned windows raise to top on all desktops when they
751 become focused on just one desktop
752 * Closed bug #2491 - Client List by App instead of by Desktop
753 * Closed bug #2551 - Request to be able to cycle docks (e.g.
754 * Closed bug #2659 - Menu header display should be configurable
755 * Closed bug #2769 - temporarily chroot the keychain tree
756 * Closed bug #2841 - Changes to the keepborder option aren't applied when
758 * Closed bug #2850 - Openbox gives black backgrounds to windows using the
759 new 'rgba' or 'argb' visual
760 * Closed bug #2865 - openbox 3.3 is not C89 compatible
761 * Closed bug #2872 - Focus issues with Eclipse and Firefox
762 * Closed bug #2878 - Openbox crash when used with vncserver
763 * Closed bug #2897 - Openbox shouldn't redraw the whole screen everytime
764 when minimizing windows.
765 * Closed bug #2898 - Patch adding advanced keyboard support in popup menus.
766 * Closed bug #2982 - tilda doesn't work propertly
767 * Closed bug #3034 - themeupdate.py seems to bee broken
768 * Closed bug #3045 - RrPaint in obrender should be split for easier use by
770 * Closed bug #3050 - 'syscrash' theme update
771 * Closed bug #3051 - When closing windows
772 * Closed bug #3053 - Updates de.po for German Localisation
773 * Closed bug #3059 - Feature Request: NextWindowForAllWorkspaces
774 * Closed bug #3063 - extensions_xinerama_screens() leaks memory if Xinerama
776 * Closed bug #3064 - slist_path_add() might leak memory
777 * Closed bug #3068 - Multimonitor focus problems
778 * Closed bug #3081 - window doesn't appear
779 * Closed bug #3092 - Config parser expects wrong values of "layer" in
780 per-application settings
781 * Closed bug #3094 - smart placement should Ignore maximized windows
782 * Closed bug #3100 - Netwmpager is configured with layer = "below" but OB
784 * Closed bug #3101 - Openbox won't compile on CentOS 4.4
785 * Closed bug #3102 - svn-6175 windows come not back in the foregroud
786 * Closed bug #3106 - Fullscreened mplayer loses focus when switching to
787 another desktop and back
788 * Closed bug #3108 - After revision 6437 the desktop dialog window stays on
792 * Fix panels getting a border with keepBorder turned on.
793 * Fix a crash in mirrorhorizontal when drawing a surface with width 1.
796 * Add a showDelay option for the dock.
797 * Fixed onscreen-keeping code which broke a bit in -rc2.
798 * Fix incorrect handling of window properties on 64 bit arches.
799 * Fix pixelsize being the same as size for pango, now it is correct.
800 * Fix drawing of icons taller than wide, eg gimp.
801 * Add a 'mirrorhorizontal' gradient, like horizontal but mirrored in the
802 center and 'splitvertical' which is like vertical but nonlinear in a fancy
804 * Translations for de, hr and zh_TW added.
805 * Add initial per-app settings support.
806 * Fix some outstanding issues with 64-bit support.
807 * Add an optional delay for displaying submenus so you can move the mouse
808 over some entries without flashing each submenu.
809 * Plug some minor memleaks and fix minor bugs.
810 * Changed algorithm for downscaling window icons.
812 * Disable support for libstartup-notification by default, it doesn't seem
814 * Allow disabling of duplicate window numbering by option titleNumber in
816 * Add moverelative and resizerelative actions.
817 * Option middle for menus that make submenus be centered instead of aligned
818 by the top edge to the parent entry.
819 * Fix transient (ie dialog) windows being placed offscreen if the parent
820 is close to the edge of the screen.
823 * Fixed some typos and errors in rc.xsd
824 * Add the noStrut option to the dock (to allow maximizing windows over it),
825 useful when it is not in the above layer.
826 * Fix transparent terminals not updating when using ToggleDecor.
827 * Yet more poking at the onscreen-keeping code, should now do the right
829 * Add an option to hide disabled buttons instead of showing them as disabled.
830 * Hopefully fixed all the remaining pango issues. The new 1.10 release also
832 * I think the lib linking in Makefile.am is right now, please tell me if it
834 * Added a finnish translation and some minor updates to others.
835 * Fixed configure.ac so --enable-pango doesn't disable pango support or the
836 other way around, make enabled be default to get some extra testing.
839 * Poked around a bit in the code that keeps windows onscreen, if you
840 are using xinerama, please let me know if things are better/worse/same.
841 * Add support for pango, disabled by default due to a bug in pango 1.8 that
842 breaks shadows, it works fine with 1.6.x though. Poke the pango developers
843 here http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169622 if you want this
845 * Made edge resist and Send/MoveToEdge not hit windows at layers below
846 the current one, add option to disable this behaviour.
847 * Fixed directional focus not getting trapped in omnipresent windows
848 * Fixed focus actions when bound to the mouse, normal focus cycle is always
849 linear and directional focus is totally disabled, it makes no sense
850 anyway, just move the mouse.
851 * Added an option for the raise/lower/raiselower/unshaderaise/shadelower
852 options called group that lets you bind stuff to raise/lower the whole
853 window group. <action name="raise"><group>yes</group></action>
854 * Add various new actions. I haven't updated the web docs yet, but I think
855 I managed to get all of them listed in rc.xsd.
856 * Bugs 1783, 1812, 1863, 1905, 2005, 1957 fixed.
857 * Some translations added. (ca, no, pl, ru, fr)
860 * Added spanish and swedish translations
861 * Changed "Unnamed Desktop" to "Desktop n" where n is the actual
862 number of the desktop
863 * Hopefully no more of the hanging X totally bug
864 * the fullscreen property now overrides aspect hints, all programs i've
865 tried that use it (mplayer and tvtime) handle the aspect internally
866 anyway, this just makes sure you have black borders all the way to the
867 edge. If this breaks anything for you, let me know.
868 * Added M as an alias for Mod3 in the same manner that W is an alias for Mod4
869 * Added probably too many options and actions
870 * ToggleDockAutohide to toggle the autohide option at runtime,
871 doesn't save it to the config
872 * keepBorder option to set if you want the 1-pixel border when you
874 * added popupShow and popupPosition to control where and when the
875 move/resize-popup is shown, these go in the resize section of the config
876 popupPosition can be Top or Center, popupShow can be Always, Never or
877 Nonpixel (this is the default).
878 * Added the xorStyle option to change the behaviour of menus along the bottom
879 edge, note that the default is true
880 * warpPointer option in the menu section to control if the mouse cursor is
881 to be warped by openbox when the menu moves to keep on screen to keep the
882 cursor in the same place relative to the menu. (I think i got that right)
883 * Added back the focusLast option (this controls what happens when you
884 change desktops and have followMouse on)
885 * Added an option to set which desktop to start on when you start openbox,
886 firstdesk, for example you might like to set it to 5 if you have a 3x3
887 grid to start in the middle.
888 * I think that was everything, have fun
891 * Added japanese translation (bug #1029)
892 * Closed bug #1060 (modal unfocused window should be placed above
894 * Closed bug #1012 (Openbox stalls gnome session startup after
896 * Closed bug #1073 (The Desktop action doesn't work)
897 * Closed bug #1023 (config_focus_raise declared as guint)
898 * Closed bug #1019 (Strange behavior with focus:followMouse and
900 * Closed bug #1007 (use g_snprintf in openbox/session.c instead of
902 * Closed bug #1001 (gimp crashes openbox)
903 * Closed bug #1005 (import -frame leaves windows in a temporary
905 * Closed bug #881 (Programs started with X become zombies upon
907 * Closed bug #1025 (desktopnext/previous and desktopleft/right dont
911 * Closed bug #908 (sometimes some weird grab is left)
912 * Closed bug #945 (xawtv overlay visible on every desktop)
913 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
915 * Closed bug #946 (use g_strsplit in parse.c:split_paths())
916 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
917 * Closed bug #951 (stale openbox session files)
918 * Closed bug #947 (Sloppyfocus can yield two windows at the same time
920 * Closed bug #948 (Gets stuck in 'move' mode if mouse is let up while
921 dragged away from title bar)
922 * Closed bug #949 (dock above gnome panel behaviour)
923 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked)
924 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
925 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
926 * Closed bug #919 (Temporary raise window when alt tabbing)
927 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
929 * Closed bug #925 (Invalid option: '--sm-save' & '--sm-disable')
930 * Closed bug #926 (problem with client-list-menu, destkop switching,
932 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
933 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
934 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
936 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
937 * Closed bug #957 (openbox crashes when exiting out of OpenOffice
939 * Closed bug #960 (look for dupes in xdg paths when setting up slists?)
940 * Closed bug #961 (Menu causes core dump)
941 * Closed bug #963 (wrapper for mkdir() in parse.c)
942 * Closed bug #964 (free GErrors in action.c, openbox.c)
943 * Closed bug #965 (add message for chdir() failure in openbox.c)
944 * Closed bug #966 (list->next/prev to g_[s]list_next/previous, list !=
946 * Closed bug #971 (typo in code)
947 * Closed bug #974 (use g_getenv() in parser/parse.c)
948 * Closed bug #975 (void * -> gpointer)
949 * Closed bug #976 (use g_strerror() in openbox/session.c)
950 * Closed bug #978 (disable entry to go to desktop if it is the current)
951 * Closed bug #979 (request for version check in ob libraries)
952 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
954 * Closed bug #968 (rc.xml refers to a non-existant "debian" menu file)
957 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
959 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
960 * Fix crash when restoring a session with a maximized window
961 * Fix leak of RrColors in menus
962 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
963 * Allow focus to be moved around by clients (for WM_TAKE_FOCUS to
964 work as it is meant to). This means fullscreen apps like wine and
966 * Reversed the default directions for the mouse wheel desktop
968 * Don't wrap around in the default keyboard desktop switching bindings
969 * Place parentless dialogs so they avoid always-on-top windows
970 * Ignore fullscreen windows in placing new ones
971 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
975 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
976 * Allow resizing of windows in only vertical/horizontal directions
977 (via Alt-MiddleClick-Drag with the default bindings)
978 * Added intelligence to window cycling and raise/lowering based on
980 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked). This has the
981 side effect that panels which do not set the ABOVE state (most panels
982 curerntly around) will no longer be kept always on top. You can set the
983 ABOVE state yourself by using the client menu (Alt-RightClick in the
984 default bindings) and selecting the Always on top Layer
985 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
986 * Added a focus indicator during focus cycling that is always visible
987 instead of just moving the focus hilight around.
990 * Closed bug #885 (raiseOnFocus is flawed)
991 * Closed bug #887 (Mouse-wheel scrolling only changes 1 desktop when
992 using "dialog" option)
993 * Closed bug #888 (some random coredump)
994 * Closed bug #889 (focus follow mouse not following)
995 * Closed bug #892 (client_under_pointer() doesn't check DESKTOP_ALL)
996 * Avoid the focus flicker when switching desktops
997 * Free the XML DOM trees properly, fixes mem leak
1000 * Closed bug #875 (RaiseLower fails to funtion on windows with dialogs)
1001 * Added the <moveButton> option for moving dock apps around inside the
1002 dock. (Closes bug #798)
1003 * Made the "Desktop" action show the pager/desktop dialog
1004 * Add the <dialog> option to the Desktop and Focus switching actions
1005 * No longer iconify fullscreen windows when they lose focus (Closes
1007 * When not using focusLast, when a focused transient is closed, focus
1008 will still fallback to its parent or transient siblings
1009 * Improved intelligence for focus cycling with modal transients
1010 * Removed the focusLast option
1011 * Added the placement-policy option to select if windows are placed
1012 under the mouse pointer
1013 * Children inherit their window icon from their parent
1014 * Closed bug #878 (minimal resizing of mplayer makes openbox crash)
1015 * Fix case where opening a menu would leave Openbox in a locked state
1016 * Upstream updates for TheBear theme
1019 * Added _OB_WM_STATE_UNDECORATED hint, which can be read and controlled
1020 by external applications
1021 * Closed bug #874 (libtool won't install libobrender.la)
1022 * Launch ObConf when selecting GNOME's Desktop Preferences for Windows
1023 * Focus new children always if their direct parent is focused