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