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