2 * Updated Czech, Chinese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish and Spanish translations
3 * Add an example of the "force" option for the per-app placement options to
4 the default rc.xml file
5 * Add a new xdg-autostart script. This will eventually end up in the PyXDG
6 distribution hopefully, but it is included in Openbox for now. This script
7 runs things based on the freedesktop.org autostart specification. You can
8 have it run GNOME, KDE, ROX, or XFCE specific things if you want. The
9 new default system-wide autostart.sh script runs it automatically
10 * Update the default menu.xml to include a lot of common apps
11 * Fix white font shadows (negative shadowtint)
12 * Update the autostart.sh to find gnome-settings-daemon correctly, as the
13 GNOME people have moved it to libexec
14 * Fix focus possibly getting stolen when using the Focus action
15 * Drastically speed up rendering of Vertical and SplitVertical gradients
16 * Speed improvements also for Horizonal and Pyramid gradients
17 * Add new theme options, menu.overlap.x and menu.overlap.y options, that let
18 you independently control the horizontal and vertical position of submenus
19 * Change _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages to not change the current desktop, but
20 to bring the window to the current desktop instead. This is the industry
22 * Use the pretty new openbox.png icon as the default window icon
23 * Allow matching per-application rules to windows by their window type
24 (normal, dialog, splash, etc). The default rc.xml has more details
25 * Add new Openbox-themed prompt windows. Use these prompt windows to ask
26 before killing off windows that aren't responding. This also means we
27 don't need to ping every window constantly forever
28 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Execute action. If this is set to a
29 string, a dialog will be shown with that string in it and "yes"/"no"
30 buttons. The command to be executed will only be run if the user selects
32 * Add a new <prompt> option to the Exit action, which is a boolean (not a
33 string). When true, Openbox will show a dialog confirming if you want to
35 * Reduce Openbox's memory footprint and speed up rendering through the use
36 of a new icon cache, so that Openbox only needs to keep 1 copy of an icon
37 when 100 different windows share it
38 * Make Openbox menus have the "menu type" hint for compositors to see and use
39 * Fix actions so that key presses will not be lost between running the
40 ShowMenu action and the menu appearing
41 * Fix the MoveResizeTo action for negative coords (opposite edges)
42 * Fix key bindings getting lost if multiple bindings at the same level could
43 not be translated (Fixes VMWare causing Openbox keybindings to stop
45 * Fix the resize popup box for terminal windows with a base size of 0 (show
46 the right size values for urxvt terminals)
47 * Fix some off-by-one bugs with the edge growing/shrinking code
48 * Add new theme options for menu line separators: menu.separator.color,
49 menu.separator.width, menu.separator.padding.width,
50 menu.separator.padding.height
51 * Add xfce-mcs-manager to the default autostart.sh, and run it automatically
52 when gnome-settings-daemon is not present to have GTK apps inherit settings
53 from the XFCE configuration tools
54 * Make the send-to-desktop menu in the client-menu indicate which is the current
55 desktop for omnipresent windows, and don't close it if just toggling
56 omni-presence when ctrl-clicking
59 * Updated Clearlooks theme
60 * Add the force="yes/no" option for the per-app settings' <position> tag
61 * Raise and focus modal children and their direct parents together, improved
62 usability with direct modal transient windows
63 * Fix crash when using <raise> for NextWindow and there are no windows
65 * Add the <manageDesktops> option in the rc.xml <menu> section, which toggles
66 the "Manage Desktops" section appearing in the combined-client-list-menu
67 * Fix for menu headers showing the wrong text
68 * Fix for the <focusLast> behavior
69 * Treat modal direct children as one window with their parent consistently
72 * Added Basque translation
73 * Updated French, Vietnamese German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese,
74 Brasilian Portuguese, Norwegian, and Finnish translations
75 * New Clearlooks theme, updated by David Barr
76 * Updated the previous Clearlooks theme, and renamed it to Clearlooks-3.4
77 * Allow dialog type windows to go fullscreen (Fixes Kpdf)
78 * Remove the extraneous top border for undecorated windows while maximized
79 * Fixes for keyboard modifiers (Alt-tab dialog getting stuck on screen for
81 * Automatically catch changes to the keyboard map and reconfigure the key
83 * Fix focus moving incorrectly sometimes with focus under mouse enabled
84 * Make default configuration focus the desktop when you right click
85 * Add the <bar> and <raise> options for all window cycling actions, allowing
86 you to have your target window temporarily raised above all others, and to
87 turn the focus target indicator bar off
88 * Improve the LastDesktop action to not remember desktops you skipped across
89 * Ignore mouse clicks that are made on override-redirect (unmanaged) windows
90 * When opening a menu with a key binding, don't use the key binding to run
92 * Add a <monitor> option for window placement, which gives you the option
93 to place new windows on the active monitor, or the monitor where the mouse
94 is, instead of on any monitor (for xinerama multihead setups)
95 * Add options for placing the window move/resize coordinate popup window in
96 a fixed position on screen, rather than relative to the window being
98 * Prevent the dock from auto-hiding completely offscreen if the theme has
101 * Fix race condition when running things that want to grab the keyboard
102 (e.g. gnome-panel-control --main-menu)
103 * When dialog windows ask to not appear in the taskbar, still give them focus
104 in normal ways (fixes new GNOME session logout dialogs)
105 * Fix bug with resizing corners on certain parts of the window frame
106 * Ping applications to tell when they are running or have become frozen.
107 Show a [Not Responding] message in the title bar of windows which are
109 * When closing a window which is [Not Responding], kill the window's process
110 if it is running on the same machine as Openbox. Otherwise, just
112 the window from the X display. A second attempt to close a [Not
114 window will kill it forcefully (kill -9).
115 * Fixes for internal timers
116 * Add a <wmclass> option for the execute action's startup-notification. This
117 lets you tell Openbox that the application will map a window with the
118 specified class - for applications that do not support startup-notification
120 * Fix for empty dock taking up space onscreen after a reconfigure
121 * Reduce Openbox's additional memory footprint per-window and per-menu
122 * Faster horizontal gradient rendering
123 * Don't deiconify windows that aren't allowed to be directly iconified on
124 restart (eg toolbars), as they can be iconified by other means
125 * Improve support for fullscreen windows in xinerama (TwinView) and
126 multiple-screen setups
127 * Add a --config-file command line option, to specify an alternate
128 configuration file path
131 * Added Hungarian translation
132 * Updated Finnish, Russian, German and French translations
133 * Fixed some very minor memory leaks
134 * Hide the desktop popup when showing the focus popup
135 * Fix a crash when trying to access the More... menu of
136 client-list-combined-menu
137 * Fix the coordinate popup only showing up on the first monitor in xinerama
138 * Add --exit to exit the currently running openbox instance
141 * Updated Traditional Chinese translation
142 * Updated Norwegian translation
143 * Fix for MoveToEdge skipping edges sometimes
144 * Let you specify the vertical and horizontal padding independently in themes
145 * Fix so that if you select an omnipresent window on another desktop in the
146 client list menus, it will go to that desktop
147 * Make the GrowToEdge action shrink once there is no more room to grow,
148 similar to in 3.4.2, but shrinking to edges as well
149 * Move the Send To and Layers submenus to the top of the client menu
150 * Fix race causing omnipresent windows to lose focus when switching desktops
152 * Don't focus new windows on other desktops if they aren't related to the
153 currently focused window
154 * Add corner resizing areas in the inner client border (Fixes themes such
156 * New focus stealing prevention that is smart and not intrusive and not
158 * Revert a small change in 3.4.3 that caused windows to be placed funny in
159 Smart placement when there was a dock or something on the side of the
161 * Show a notification when switching desktops
162 * Fix for delayed focus-follows-mouse interrupting move/resize or menus
163 * Make screen edge warp keep warping without having the move the mouse 1
165 * Fix for resizing terminals in the top/left sides getting a little confused
166 * Fix to keep oldschool (Non-EWMH) fullscreen windows from being moved and
167 resized inside of the struts (Fixes Acroread)
168 * Accept the <command> option for the Restart command, similar to the Execute
170 * Don't make clicking on dock apps sometimes act like clicking on the root
171 window (Don't propogate button events up)
172 * Fix a bug introduced in 3.4.3 which caused the Windows key as a modifier
173 for bindings to not work properly
174 * Let windows skip across monitors in a Xinerama setup when using MoveToEdge
175 or Shift-arrow in an interactive move
176 * Make move and resize take the dock into account for resistance
177 * Raise new windows when it makes sense, when they aren't being focused
178 * Change default config to use click events for mouse wheel bindings instead
182 * Add Ukrainian translation
183 * Updated translations:
184 - Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Italian, Estonian, German, Portuguese,
185 Vietnamese, Finnish, Czech, Arabic, Spanish, Swedish, French
186 * Improve focus fallback - don't fallback to windows you can't focus cycle
188 * Don't show the client border for undecorated windows when keepBorder is on,
189 just the outer border
190 * Some improvements in the smart placement to help it find a place more
191 often. This needs more work still.
192 * Don't focus windows that appear under the mouse in mouse-focus mode unless
193 underMouse is enabled
194 * Don't move focus when the window under the pointer iconifies unless
195 underMouse is enabled
196 * Respect min/max window sizes when a window is fullscreened or maximized.
197 This fixes problems experienced with maximizing vnc windows
198 * Don't XUngrabKeyboard unless we need to
199 * Correct calculations for the menu header width, so that they are not
200 ellisized unnecessarily
201 * Advanced support for partial struts. When you maximize a window it will
202 now only use the struts it needs to. This can greatly improve
203 xinerama functionality.
204 * Fixes for how the dock is placed in certain positions on screen (off by 1
206 * New default bindings:
207 - don't unshade when clicking on the titlebar
208 - raise when unshading with the scrollwheel
209 - lower when shading with the scrollwheel
210 * Don't show the top resize area in the titlebar when a window is shaded
211 * Optimize rendering of window decorations
212 * Optimize splitvertical gradients - no more malloc/free during render
213 * Let the theme specify all colors for a splitvertical gradient with the new
214 .splitTo theme elements
215 * Improve decorations for maximized windows. Don't draw the side borders in
217 * Don't resist against desklet windows (below layer + skip taskbar)
218 * New actions for dynamically adjusting your desktop workspaces:
219 - AddDesktopLast, RemoveDesktopLast
220 - AddDesktopCurrent, RemoveDestopCurrent
221 * New <center> option for smart placement (default is on)
222 * Fix MoveToCenter in Xinerama (TwinView) setups
223 * Let you lower a window without lowering its children or siblings
224 * Don't set the default Openbox icon on child windows, let them inherit the
225 icon from their parents
226 * Fix Onyx themes - fade out disabled buttons
227 * Don't auto-resize windows to fit on screen if they are UserSpecified
229 * Don't activate windows which raise themselves anymore. It was a nice
230 thought, but it caused too much problems
231 * Rewrite of the actions subsystem
232 * Removed deprecated actions:
233 - ShowDesktop, UnshowDesktop (Use ToggleShowDesktop)
234 - ResizeRelativeVert, ResizeRelativeHorz (Use ResizeRelative)
235 * Combined the MoveFromEdge* actions with MoveToEdge* actions, and removed
236 the MoveFromEdge* action names.
237 * Switch desktops when moving a window and you drag it to the edge of the
238 screen (added the <screenEdgeWarpTime> option for this)
239 * Add actions to add/remove the last desktop in the client list menus
240 * Use startup notification when launching ObConf in the default root menu
241 * Remove the desktop switching dialog, as it confuses people and they don't
242 know how to turn it off to switch desktops instantly. Some other
243 incarnation may return in the future.
244 * Add optional <finalactions> option for NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
245 DirectionalFocus*, and DirectionalTarget* actions
246 * Don't focus new helper windows unless they are alone in their group. This
248 * Fancy keyboard window moving:
249 - Shift-arrow will move the window to the next edge
250 - Control-arrow will move the window by only 1 pixel
251 - Arrow will move the window by a larger number of pixels
252 * Fancy keyboard window resizing:
253 - The first arrow will choose an edge to resize (then you can grow or
254 shrink the window on that edge)
255 - Hitting an arrow perpendicular to your selected edge will choose a
256 different edge to resize
257 - Shift-arrow will grow/shrink the window to the next edge
258 - Control arrow will grow/shrink the window by only 1 pixel
259 - Arrow will grow/shrink the window by a larger number of pixel
260 * Timeout when synchronously resizing a window so you can still resize busy
261 or dead application windows
262 * Let you specify keyboard shortcuts in your root menus with _. Such as
263 label="XTe_rm" would make 'r' the shortcut key.
264 * Fixes for placing windows with per-app settings:
265 - you can now place windows relative to any edge of the screen instead of
266 only the top left. (-0 uses the far edge, +0 uses the near edge. You can
267 use --0 and +-0 to specify negative numbers.)
268 - fix bug with windows being placed far off-screen occasionally
269 - allow you to place windows partially outside of the screen
270 - let per-app settings override program-specified positions (but not if it
272 * Add user-specified margins to the configuration file
273 * Fix for transient windows in groups with transient windows of the group
274 transients. That wasn't supposed to be legible. i.e. 2 group transients
275 and 1 direct transient for one of the group transients.
276 * Don't include child/parent windows in tests for being occluded or occluding
277 other windows, since you can't raise/lower above/below them. This fixes
278 the raiselower action for windows which have children.
279 * Reduce the size of the middle gradient in splitvertical gradients. This
280 makes the split harder than it was in 3.4.2
281 * Don't include debian/ dir in releases
282 * Add resize bindings for the edges to the default hardcoded bindings
283 * Fix focus cycle indicator positioning for some windows (i.e. OpenOffice)
284 * Add the MoveResizeTo action. This is very xinerama aware! It also lets
285 you move a window to any edge of any screen.
286 * Make actions that look for edges include the dock's edges (e.g. MoveToEdge)
287 * New preferred option for the Execute action is <command> instead of
288 <execute> but the old one will still work.
289 * Fix for moving windows partially offsceen causing them to jump far away
290 * Fix for windows which are not on any monitor, to keep them on screen
292 * Require libstartupnotification 0.8 in configure (we use stuff that was not
293 around in some earlier versions)
294 * Grab the server when mapping windows to avoid race conditions in other
295 programs (getting MapNotify before you are visible)
296 * Handle case gracefully when ConfigureRequent for restacking specifies
297 a siblig which we aren't managing
298 * Use KeyRelease to run things from Openbox menus, so that the release
299 does not go to the focused window (causing the new window to not get
301 * Add new actions for controlling window decorations:
302 - Decorate, Undecorate
303 * Fix so that the values for per-app settings are not case sensitive
304 * Fix crash with very small windows
305 * Fix resize resistance for windows with aspect ratio limits
306 * Let you resize windows with aspect ratio limits in the vertical directions
309 * Add ability to set the bevel strength in themes
310 * Fix for focusLast with omnipresent windows
311 * Cache pipe menus while the menus are open
312 * Allow non-interactive directional focus key bindings
313 * Change how nested interactive key bindings work (it stays in the key chain,
314 like chroot, until you end the interactive action)
315 * Fix for gtk apps trying to get focus - mostly nullify focus stealing
316 prevention (Fixes Tilda)
317 * Send ConfigureNotify always on ConfigureRequest (Previous emacs fix
318 makes this possible now)
319 * Fix RelativeResize action for right/bottom edges
320 * Remove SCIM from the default autostart.sh - it has caused problems with
321 some (buggy) panels, such as pypanel
322 * Fix the titlebar changing to non-focused when iconifying a window with
324 * Use the new osd theme hints for the dock, rather than the titlebar hints
325 * Fix rare crash when menu is hidden while browsing it
326 * End move/resize more cleanly when focus moves during a move/resize
327 * Don't focus new windows when browsing a menu or moving/resizing a window,
328 just flash the window instead, so that the menu/move/resize doesn't have to
332 * Add Vietnamese translation
333 * Add Japanese translation
334 * Keep new transient windows from not getting focus when any related window
336 * Change behavior of underMouse option - make focus go under the mouse when
337 no window has focus anymore, rather than to the last used window
338 * Make on-screen display dialogs (such as the Alt-Tab dialog) appear on the
339 active monitor when using Xinerama (a.k.a. TwinView)
340 * Fix for window stacking - let you lower sibling transient windows behind
342 * Fix directional focus actions when used without a dialog
343 * Fix race that could prevent ObConf from setting the desktop names correctly
344 * Add new theme options:
345 - window.active.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
346 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
347 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
348 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.image.color
349 - window.inactive.button.toggled.image.color has been split into:
350 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.image.color
351 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.image.color
352 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.image.color
353 - window.active.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
354 - window.active.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
355 - window.active.button.toggled.pressed.bg
356 - window.active.button.toggled.hover.bg
357 - window.inactive.button.toggled.bg has been split into:
358 - window.inactive.button.toggled.unpressed.bg
359 - window.inactive.button.toggled.pressed.bg
360 - window.inactive.button.toggled.hover.bg
361 * Add new Onyx and Onyx-Citrus themes
362 * Updated Mikachu theme using new theme options
363 * Improvements to splitvertical gradients - Add a small gradient in the
364 middle between the upper and lower gradients
365 * Fix another emacs event storm, don't configure the window when it sets its
366 WM_NORMAL_HINTS unless we have to
367 * Fix for focus cycling to helper windows - Don't count dialogs as a sibling,
368 so they don't stop you
369 * Allow the use of negative numbers in per-app settings position to place a
370 window relative to the right/bottom edges of your monitor (taking the
371 struts (panels) into account)
372 * Fix focus moving irrationally when focusLast was off
375 * Add Indian Bengali translation
376 * Updated Italian translation
377 * Small updates to Czech, Estonian, Norwegian, and German translations
378 * Removed out-of-date Japanese translation (ja.po)
379 * Removed out-of-date Croatian translation (hr.po)
380 * Allow parentrelative theme textures to have borders, bevels and interlacing
381 * Add new theme elements: window.active.title.separator.color and
382 window.inactive.title.separator.color (note that globbing might set these
383 properties when you didnt mean to)
384 * Add new theme elements: osd.border.width, osd.border.color, osd.bg,
385 osd.label.bg, osd.label.text.color, osd.label.text.font, osd.hilight.bg,
387 * Add new underMouse focus option
388 * Rename new theme element menu.items.activedisabled to
389 menu.items.active.disabled for consistency with other elements
390 * Improvements to smart placement - especially with xinerama (Twinview)
391 * Fixes for focus with omnipresent windows - Allow focus to fallback to them
392 except during desktop switches (other mechanisms exist for that)
393 * Fix for putting child windows (transients) on all desktops
394 * Changes to how Shift/Control/CapsLock are used
395 * Fix focus fallback when windows are not visible (showing the desktop, or
397 * Fix bug #3196 - Unable to alt-tab away from full-screen windows
398 * Fix crash in parsing empty xml fields
399 * Fix left and right contexts resizing the wrong way in the example mouse
401 * Fix so dock doesn't auto-hide when the mouse is inside it (over top of a
403 * Allow new utility windows to gain focus like normal windows
404 * Add workarounds for Java Swing applications (Extra ConfigureNotify events)
405 * More fixes for modal window usability (Deiconify the modal window when you
406 try to focus its parent)
407 * Fixes to focus tracking, especially with iconify animation
408 * Changes to libobrender's API for ObConf 2.0 (RrThemeNew)
409 * Check for libxml >= 2.6.0 when compiling
410 * Fix for Openoffice windows (Static window gravity)
411 * Fix for hovering over window buttons while a menu is open
412 * Make the Escape key close all levels of a menu, not just one
413 * Change default drag threshold to 8px (Same as in XSettings)
414 * Fixes for windows restacking with TopIf, BottomIf, or Opposite modes.
415 Only compare with valid windows
416 * Fix for actions which find other window edges. Find all windows, and only
417 windows which are on the right desktop
418 * Improve RaiseLower action (Not lower when it doesn't need to move the
420 * Fix for the menu hideDelay (Don't hide immediately when you click to open
421 the menu), make it work reliably
422 * Make focusLast default to true when not present in the config file
425 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that prevented you from raising focused
426 windows above fullscreen windows
427 * Fix bug introduced in 3.3.993 that made the desktop window keep focus
428 when changing desktops
429 * Add Arabic translations
430 * Added Control-Alt-Up/Down bindings to the mouse focus example rc.xml
431 * Don't raise on clients in the client context in the mouse focus example
433 * Fixes for when to focus new windows - improve keeping transient windows
434 from stealing focus, and allow new windows to get focus when any relative
436 * Fixes for frame decorations layout
437 * Fixes for forcing window sizes to fit on the screen. Don't resize windows
438 if they are a user-specified size (USSize) or if they are non-normal
439 windows. (Fix Rox pinboard mapping across multiple monitors)
440 * Centre window icons when they are not square
441 * Fixes for Java windows behaving badly - Java makes all kinds of
442 non-standard-compliant assumptions which we are forced to meet
443 * Changed startup notification timeout from 30 to 20 seconds
444 * Fix possible crashes and misbehaviors with new focus cycling dialogs
445 * Recreate enter events when Press mouse actions move windows (e.g. Lower
446 action) for focus-follows-mouse
447 * Update Slovak translation
448 * Highlight the first menu entry when there is a separator/header at the top
449 * Only highlight the first menu entry when the menu is opened with a key
451 * Fix crash when you press enter with nothing selected in the menu
452 * Fix for ignoring an unmap event after restart
453 * Fixes for setting the clients' colormaps
454 * Change focusLast option behavior to what it was in 3.3.1. It only affects
456 * Add comments to the default rc.xml files about the various focus options
457 * Fix focus bug where a window had the keyboard grabbed when it unmapped
458 (Firefox gmarks extension)
459 * Update Catalan translation
460 * Fix alignment of the titlebar elements when the window icon is placed to
461 the right of the label
462 * Improve placement of child (transient) windows. When their parent is
463 omnipresent, open the child on the current desktop only.
464 * When a window has modal children on another desktop and you try to focus
465 it, bring the modal child to the current desktop to focus it instead
466 * Let you focus cycle to windows with a modal child on another desktop
467 * Fix for not seeing windows change their partial strut
468 * Give iconified windows a faded icon in the focus cycling (Alt-Tab) dialog,
469 and in the client list menus
470 * Make it more difficult to select items by accident in parent menus when it
471 changes direction. Moving the mouse only selects menu entries for a few
472 levels of open menus. Mouse clicks will select menu entries further down.
473 * Add Simplified Chinese translation
474 * Set the current theme in the OB_THEME root property for other applications
475 * Notify ksplash when we have started up if dcop is installed
476 * Allow you to resize the window on the client padding as well as the outer
478 * Fix to show the focus cycle indicator when focus cycling and there is only
480 * Centre splash screens on one monitor
481 * Don't centre parent-less utility/menu/toolbar windows on the screen
482 * Remove the bottom decorations for fully maximized windows
483 * Fix crash when reconfiguring and no themes can be found
486 * Fix a bug introduced in .993 that prevented you from switching desktops
487 and caused general mayhem
490 * Update for Russian translation
491 * Added Dutch translation
492 * Fix for choosing badly sized icons from the window for the window cycling
493 dialog (and other things). (Fixes Pidgin icon)
494 * Open child (transient) windows on the current desktop if they don't have
495 a direct parent, or if the parents are not all on some other desktop.
496 (Fixes Pidgin and Gimp dialogs appearing on the wrong desktop)
497 * Make windows fit within the available space when they are first created,
498 if they are not user-positioned. (Fix xpdf making itself bigger than the
499 space inside the struts, and hiding behind them).
500 * Don't let child (transient) windows steal focus when the situation is
502 * Fix bevels and borders display in the titlebar
503 * Set the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW hint properly, when nothing is focused (This
504 is the proper fix for libwnck pagers.)
505 * Fallback focus immediately during iconify animation in all cases (was
506 missing RevertToParent case)
507 * Fix new frame elements being given 0 sizes for very small windows
508 * Send iconified windows to the bottom of the focus order so you can
509 Alt-Shift-Tab to get back what you just iconified. This makes things more
511 * Show the hostname for remotely run programs in iconified titles
512 * Stop focus flicker when sending windows to a desktop and following them,
513 and when changing desktops with an omnipresent window focused
514 * Empty desktop names in the configuration file are not used, so you can set
515 a name on the second desktop without having to set one on the first
516 * Make control key work for menu accelerators like it does for mouse
517 clicking and hitting enter
518 * Add C-A-Up/Down mouse bindings to switch desktops, similar to the
519 C-A-Left/Right/Up/Down keyboard bindings
522 * Don't move mouse focus when the mouse is over the focus cycling dialog
523 * Fixes for positioning of frame decoration elements
524 * Update for Brazilian Portuguese translation
525 * Improvements in how decorations respond for maximized windows. (If they
526 can't be resized don't "hide" the resizing contexts)
527 * Updated Italian translation
528 * Added Czech translation
529 * Fix for applications that do weird things with modal windows (Make sure
530 you can focus cycle to them)
531 * Updated Spanish translation
532 * Fix for programs using the old WM-spec, and not setting unused fields to
533 0 in _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages (Rox pinboard)
534 * Fixes for default rc.xml configuration file. Updated comments and comment
535 out the applications section in an xml compatible way.
536 * Update for Portuguese translation
537 * Fix support for window gravity (eg xterm -geometry -0+0)
538 * Fix for libwnck with iconify animation (Unmap the parent of the client's
540 * Force the top left corner of new windows onto the screen area, if the
541 position wasn't requested by the user (Fix xpdf and others hiding their
542 titlebar under a panel)
543 * Fix for determining text geometry from Pango
544 * Save the desktop layout and names in the session, and restore them on next
546 * The <desktop> section from the configuration file is only used for
547 defaults, and so is only applied at the start of a new log-in. (Use ObConf
548 1.6.2 to change the config file for these options, and have them set
549 immediately, if you don't use a session manager to save them.)
550 * Fix updating and crashing in the old split client list menu
551 * Translate the default desktop names
552 * Update Taiwanese Chinese translation
553 * Less restrictions of behavior based on window type (Let you maximize
554 dialogs and utility windows)
555 * Fix for focus tracking when Press mouse actions are used
556 * Fix bug which let the openbox-*-session scripts take command-line arguments
557 * Better detection of legacy fullscreen windows vs. undercorated windows
558 that the user has maximized
561 * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
562 * Added a rough Italian translation
563 * Added Estonian translation
564 * Update Polish translation
565 * Make focus stealing prevention a little less intrusive, especially with
567 * Updates for Swedish translation
568 * Fixes for decorations of maximized windows
569 * Fix so that clicking in the corner of a maximized window presses the button
570 * Don't reload the session and reapply it when restarting
571 * Fix for losing the original size of a window that mapped with maximized
572 state (or on restart)
573 * Let you move splash type windows
574 * Fix for window placement using wrong dimensions
575 * Stop xemacs ConfigureNotify storm
576 * Fix bug stopping panels from moving themselves off-screen to hide
578 * Fix for GNOME/Openbox and openbox-gnome-session to use a new session name,
579 because GNOME won't let you replace the window manager in the saved session
580 * Don't restore session state when multiple windows have the same
581 identifiers, because we can't tell them apart then (Firefox/Thunderbird)
582 * Small fixes to build system to make it more reliable
583 * Fix for what manpage files are distributed in the source code, so they
584 will not be pre-built with the wrong info
585 * Fix pkg-config files for compiling things against Openbox libraries
588 * Wildcard matching for per-application (per-window) settings. Let you match
589 multiple rules for a window. (Props to Mark Pustjens for code to do this.)
590 * Added startup notification support to the menus and key/mouse bindings
591 with <startupnotify>. It's an option for execute actions.
592 * New combined client menu, accessed with
593 <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu></action>
594 * No menu titles - instead added separators with labels to be used as menu
595 headers anywhere in menus
596 * Improved client menu - placement, the options in it, and added an icon for
598 * Keyboard shortcuts in menus, by highlighted letter or by the first letter
599 * Menus dont jump around, are always placed on screen
600 * Menus larger than can fit on the screen are broken into a submenu at the
601 bottom titled "More..."
602 * Disabled menu items can be selected now (not used though, of course)
603 * Using ()'s instead of a line separator to signify iconified windows in the
605 * New Root context for mouse bindings
606 * New "alt-tab" focus switching dialog
607 * openbox-session command and log-in option which provides the autostart
609 * SCIM support in the default Openbox session launched by the
610 openbox-session command
611 * Many code paths made significantly faster
612 * Sections of code rewritten to be more reliable, such as session
613 save/restore and input focus handling
614 * Handle the X server's clock going backwards, without locking up. Sometimes
615 the server can still lock up though, it is not recommended to do this!
616 * Better handling of window types such as docks, utility windows, tool bar
617 windows. Clicking to focus these windows is done more intelligently. Dock
618 windows no longer get focus when you click them, so that you don't have
619 focus flickering when you use a dock window with a taskbar.
620 * Better language support through Pango, which is now mandatory, and the
621 code for Pango has been greatly improved and optimized.
622 * Support for windows that use true 32-bit transparency
623 * Resize grips (with mouse binding contexts) for the top, left, and right of
625 * Smarter about keeping windows on the screen without invading user's
627 * Add MoveFromEdge* actions corresponding to MoveToEdge* but aligns far
628 edges instead of near edges, so if you have two overlapping windows you
629 can easily put them side by side.
630 * Better choice of mouse cursors for startup notification
631 * Focus stealing prevention
632 * Improve window placement across multiple Xinerama monitors
633 * Support 8-bit truecolor visuals (such as in vncserver)
634 * Better, more friendly support for omnipresent windows
635 * Full support for EWMH 1.4-draft2
636 * Iconify/restore animation !
637 * Improved support for running openbox with multiple screens (non-xinerama)
638 - won't steal focus from other screens, and let you focus a screen by
639 clicking on the desktop (root window).
640 * Support for more cursors through XCursor, means that startup notification
641 can use a pointer+watch cursor if you are using an XCursor theme
642 * Fully maximize terminal windows (and any resized-by-increment window)
643 * Show the hostname of clients running on remote computers in the titlebar
644 * Add <panels> and <desktop> options to NextWindow, PreviousWindow,
645 DirectionalFocusNorth etc..
646 * Synchronize resizing with the application when possible
647 * Smarter subdivision of windows into 9 sections for resizing
648 * Set default icon on windows so applications can agree on an icon
649 * Better support for programs that are on more than one desktop
650 (multiple firefox windows for example) - move to the desktop when you're
651 using the application and it opens a window on another desktop.
652 * Chrooted key chains, and key quoting through chroots
653 * New BreakChroot action to break out of the current chroot
654 * New keychains popup, to show where you are in a keychain
655 * Improved show-desktop mode. When you open a new window, the old windows
657 * Add <allDesktops> option to NextWindow and PreviousWindow. The desktop
658 name will be shown in the focus cycling popup
659 * Dynamically size the window and desktop dialogs. Desktop layouts that
660 aren't horizontal look better in the desktop cycling dialog.
661 * Support for legacy fullscreen applications (that don't use EWMH) such as
663 * Session support for old clients that do not use the session management
665 * Desktop setup is only changed on startup, so as to not overwrite settings
666 from other apps like pagers
667 * Take advantage of ksmserver (KDE Session Manager) features
668 * KDE/Openbox and GNOME/Openbox options for display manager GDM/KDM. Use
669 openbox-gnome-session and openbox-kde-session to run a GNOME or KDE
670 session with Openbox as the window manager.
671 * Titlebar buttons autohide when hiding won't move other buttons (removed
672 the hideDisabled option from config file)
673 * Support user time window hint, which is good for laptops power usage
674 * When legacy windows raise themselves, interpreate as wanting to be
675 activated. Makes Firefox more pleasant.
676 * Don't show handles on windows that cant resize for more extreme visual
678 * Let you move maximized windows between Xinerama monitors
679 * Improve application awareness of focus, e.g. Kopete and Firefox, so they
680 know when they are or aren't focused, and which window in their
681 application is focused
682 * Improvements in the distributed themes
683 * Add new Clearlooks and Clearlooks-Olive themes by John McKnight
684 * Fonts are no longer loaded from theme. They are loaded from the rc.xml
685 config file. Font shadow settings are still loaded from the theme though.
686 5 fonts to be set: ActiveWindow InactiveWindow, MenuHeader, MenuItem and
688 * Distributed theme names have been renamed with Capitalization
689 * menu.items.activedisabled.text.color
690 * menu.border.color (note that globbing might set these properties when
692 * window.active.border.color (note that globbing might set these
693 properties when you didnt mean to)
694 * window.inactive.border.color (note that globbing might set these
695 properties when you didnt mean to)
697 * Guarantee that titlebar buttons are even sized, so even sized icons
698 (button masks) will be centered
699 * Default titlebar button icons (as xbms) installed to /usr/share/doc/openbox
700 * New mouse binding contexts Left, Right, TLCorner, TRCorner and Top. These
701 need bindings in config file to be useful. Also new context Bottom which
702 is synonym for Handle.
703 * W is no longer hard coded to Mod4. It is now a shortcut for Super, which
704 is usually bound to Mod4. xmodmap will show your mapping.
705 * The per-app setting <head> has been renamed to <monitor>
706 * Can use "default" for anything in per-app settings
707 * Removed <edges_hit_layers_below> option from config file
708 * --reconfigure command line option
709 * --restart command line option
710 * Closed bug #886 - Reference point for client-menu
711 * Closed bug #898 - Add option for OB2 style menu behaviour
712 * Closed bug #952 - Focus sometimes gets lost when closing windows
713 * Closed bug #1006 - duplicate window title numbering is so-so
714 * Closed bug #1080 - menus dont update when using ctrl to keep them open
715 * Closed bug #1082 - doing window stuff while changing focus is mad slow
716 * Closed bug #1106 - Openbox resize problems with Beep Media Player and some
717 websites using Mozilla
718 * Closed bug #1146 - minimized windows dont unminimize from fspanel if ob
720 * Closed bug #1409 - Window stacking is messed up when dealing with multiple
722 * Closed bug #1526 - Incorrect handling of utility windows
723 * Closed bug #1846 - Patch for theme overrides
724 * Closed bug #1974 - Limit the number of resizes per second to make window
726 * Closed bug #2060 - Apps disappear when using composite extension
727 * Closed bug #2221 - _NET_WM_STATE_(ABOVE|BELOW) is being inherited
728 * Closed bug #2250 - openbox ignores size request ?
729 * Closed bug #2251 - support for legacy ""fullscreen""
730 * Closed bug #2254 - segfault in render/render.c on sendtodesktop [endian?]
731 * Closed bug #2255 - segmentation fault on 8-bit truecolor visual
732 * Closed bug #2258 - long menus truncated
733 * Closed bug #2311 - Does not display the pressed state while a button in the
735 * Closed bug #2321 - ResizeRelative -up and -left makes window move when at
737 * Closed bug #2483 - Pinned windows raise to top on all desktops when they
738 become focused on just one desktop
739 * Closed bug #2491 - Client List by App instead of by Desktop
740 * Closed bug #2551 - Request to be able to cycle docks (e.g.
741 * Closed bug #2659 - Menu header display should be configurable
742 * Closed bug #2769 - temporarily chroot the keychain tree
743 * Closed bug #2841 - Changes to the keepborder option aren't applied when
745 * Closed bug #2850 - Openbox gives black backgrounds to windows using the
746 new 'rgba' or 'argb' visual
747 * Closed bug #2865 - openbox 3.3 is not C89 compatible
748 * Closed bug #2872 - Focus issues with Eclipse and Firefox
749 * Closed bug #2878 - Openbox crash when used with vncserver
750 * Closed bug #2897 - Openbox shouldn't redraw the whole screen everytime
751 when minimizing windows.
752 * Closed bug #2898 - Patch adding advanced keyboard support in popup menus.
753 * Closed bug #2982 - tilda doesn't work propertly
754 * Closed bug #3034 - themeupdate.py seems to bee broken
755 * Closed bug #3045 - RrPaint in obrender should be split for easier use by
757 * Closed bug #3050 - 'syscrash' theme update
758 * Closed bug #3051 - When closing windows
759 * Closed bug #3053 - Updates de.po for German Localisation
760 * Closed bug #3059 - Feature Request: NextWindowForAllWorkspaces
761 * Closed bug #3063 - extensions_xinerama_screens() leaks memory if Xinerama
763 * Closed bug #3064 - slist_path_add() might leak memory
764 * Closed bug #3068 - Multimonitor focus problems
765 * Closed bug #3081 - window doesn't appear
766 * Closed bug #3092 - Config parser expects wrong values of "layer" in
767 per-application settings
768 * Closed bug #3094 - smart placement should Ignore maximized windows
769 * Closed bug #3100 - Netwmpager is configured with layer = "below" but OB
771 * Closed bug #3101 - Openbox won't compile on CentOS 4.4
772 * Closed bug #3102 - svn-6175 windows come not back in the foregroud
773 * Closed bug #3106 - Fullscreened mplayer loses focus when switching to
774 another desktop and back
775 * Closed bug #3108 - After revision 6437 the desktop dialog window stays on
779 * Fix panels getting a border with keepBorder turned on.
780 * Fix a crash in mirrorhorizontal when drawing a surface with width 1.
783 * Add a showDelay option for the dock.
784 * Fixed onscreen-keeping code which broke a bit in -rc2.
785 * Fix incorrect handling of window properties on 64 bit arches.
786 * Fix pixelsize being the same as size for pango, now it is correct.
787 * Fix drawing of icons taller than wide, eg gimp.
788 * Add a 'mirrorhorizontal' gradient, like horizontal but mirrored in the
789 center and 'splitvertical' which is like vertical but nonlinear in a fancy
791 * Translations for de, hr and zh_TW added.
792 * Add initial per-app settings support.
793 * Fix some outstanding issues with 64-bit support.
794 * Add an optional delay for displaying submenus so you can move the mouse
795 over some entries without flashing each submenu.
796 * Plug some minor memleaks and fix minor bugs.
797 * Changed algorithm for downscaling window icons.
799 * Disable support for libstartup-notification by default, it doesn't seem
801 * Allow disabling of duplicate window numbering by option titleNumber in
803 * Add moverelative and resizerelative actions.
804 * Option middle for menus that make submenus be centered instead of aligned
805 by the top edge to the parent entry.
806 * Fix transient (ie dialog) windows being placed offscreen if the parent
807 is close to the edge of the screen.
810 * Fixed some typos and errors in rc.xsd
811 * Add the noStrut option to the dock (to allow maximizing windows over it),
812 useful when it is not in the above layer.
813 * Fix transparent terminals not updating when using ToggleDecor.
814 * Yet more poking at the onscreen-keeping code, should now do the right
816 * Add an option to hide disabled buttons instead of showing them as disabled.
817 * Hopefully fixed all the remaining pango issues. The new 1.10 release also
819 * I think the lib linking in Makefile.am is right now, please tell me if it
821 * Added a finnish translation and some minor updates to others.
822 * Fixed configure.ac so --enable-pango doesn't disable pango support or the
823 other way around, make enabled be default to get some extra testing.
826 * Poked around a bit in the code that keeps windows onscreen, if you
827 are using xinerama, please let me know if things are better/worse/same.
828 * Add support for pango, disabled by default due to a bug in pango 1.8 that
829 breaks shadows, it works fine with 1.6.x though. Poke the pango developers
830 here http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169622 if you want this
832 * Made edge resist and Send/MoveToEdge not hit windows at layers below
833 the current one, add option to disable this behaviour.
834 * Fixed directional focus not getting trapped in omnipresent windows
835 * Fixed focus actions when bound to the mouse, normal focus cycle is always
836 linear and directional focus is totally disabled, it makes no sense
837 anyway, just move the mouse.
838 * Added an option for the raise/lower/raiselower/unshaderaise/shadelower
839 options called group that lets you bind stuff to raise/lower the whole
840 window group. <action name="raise"><group>yes</group></action>
841 * Add various new actions. I haven't updated the web docs yet, but I think
842 I managed to get all of them listed in rc.xsd.
843 * Bugs 1783, 1812, 1863, 1905, 2005, 1957 fixed.
844 * Some translations added. (ca, no, pl, ru, fr)
847 * Added spanish and swedish translations
848 * Changed "Unnamed Desktop" to "Desktop n" where n is the actual
849 number of the desktop
850 * Hopefully no more of the hanging X totally bug
851 * the fullscreen property now overrides aspect hints, all programs i've
852 tried that use it (mplayer and tvtime) handle the aspect internally
853 anyway, this just makes sure you have black borders all the way to the
854 edge. If this breaks anything for you, let me know.
855 * Added M as an alias for Mod3 in the same manner that W is an alias for Mod4
856 * Added probably too many options and actions
857 * ToggleDockAutohide to toggle the autohide option at runtime,
858 doesn't save it to the config
859 * keepBorder option to set if you want the 1-pixel border when you
861 * added popupShow and popupPosition to control where and when the
862 move/resize-popup is shown, these go in the resize section of the config
863 popupPosition can be Top or Center, popupShow can be Always, Never or
864 Nonpixel (this is the default).
865 * Added the xorStyle option to change the behaviour of menus along the bottom
866 edge, note that the default is true
867 * warpPointer option in the menu section to control if the mouse cursor is
868 to be warped by openbox when the menu moves to keep on screen to keep the
869 cursor in the same place relative to the menu. (I think i got that right)
870 * Added back the focusLast option (this controls what happens when you
871 change desktops and have followMouse on)
872 * Added an option to set which desktop to start on when you start openbox,
873 firstdesk, for example you might like to set it to 5 if you have a 3x3
874 grid to start in the middle.
875 * I think that was everything, have fun
878 * Added japanese translation (bug #1029)
879 * Closed bug #1060 (modal unfocused window should be placed above
881 * Closed bug #1012 (Openbox stalls gnome session startup after
883 * Closed bug #1073 (The Desktop action doesn't work)
884 * Closed bug #1023 (config_focus_raise declared as guint)
885 * Closed bug #1019 (Strange behavior with focus:followMouse and
887 * Closed bug #1007 (use g_snprintf in openbox/session.c instead of
889 * Closed bug #1001 (gimp crashes openbox)
890 * Closed bug #1005 (import -frame leaves windows in a temporary
892 * Closed bug #881 (Programs started with X become zombies upon
894 * Closed bug #1025 (desktopnext/previous and desktopleft/right dont
898 * Closed bug #908 (sometimes some weird grab is left)
899 * Closed bug #945 (xawtv overlay visible on every desktop)
900 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
902 * Closed bug #946 (use g_strsplit in parse.c:split_paths())
903 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
904 * Closed bug #951 (stale openbox session files)
905 * Closed bug #947 (Sloppyfocus can yield two windows at the same time
907 * Closed bug #948 (Gets stuck in 'move' mode if mouse is let up while
908 dragged away from title bar)
909 * Closed bug #949 (dock above gnome panel behaviour)
910 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked)
911 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
912 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
913 * Closed bug #919 (Temporary raise window when alt tabbing)
914 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
916 * Closed bug #925 (Invalid option: '--sm-save' & '--sm-disable')
917 * Closed bug #926 (problem with client-list-menu, destkop switching,
919 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
920 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
921 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
923 * Closed bug #943 (consistent glib type (gint, gchar, etc.) usage)
924 * Closed bug #957 (openbox crashes when exiting out of OpenOffice
926 * Closed bug #960 (look for dupes in xdg paths when setting up slists?)
927 * Closed bug #961 (Menu causes core dump)
928 * Closed bug #963 (wrapper for mkdir() in parse.c)
929 * Closed bug #964 (free GErrors in action.c, openbox.c)
930 * Closed bug #965 (add message for chdir() failure in openbox.c)
931 * Closed bug #966 (list->next/prev to g_[s]list_next/previous, list !=
933 * Closed bug #971 (typo in code)
934 * Closed bug #974 (use g_getenv() in parser/parse.c)
935 * Closed bug #975 (void * -> gpointer)
936 * Closed bug #976 (use g_strerror() in openbox/session.c)
937 * Closed bug #978 (disable entry to go to desktop if it is the current)
938 * Closed bug #979 (request for version check in ob libraries)
939 * Closed bug #944 (remove restarting/reconfiguring messages from
941 * Closed bug #968 (rc.xml refers to a non-existant "debian" menu file)
944 * Closed bug #921 (focus rectangle stays on the screen after modifier
946 * Closed bug #927 (disappearing windows, crash with I-merry theme)
947 * Fix crash when restoring a session with a maximized window
948 * Fix leak of RrColors in menus
949 * Closed bug #929 (crash (signal 11) when activating Reconfigure)
950 * Allow focus to be moved around by clients (for WM_TAKE_FOCUS to
951 work as it is meant to). This means fullscreen apps like wine and
953 * Reversed the default directions for the mouse wheel desktop
955 * Don't wrap around in the default keyboard desktop switching bindings
956 * Place parentless dialogs so they avoid always-on-top windows
957 * Ignore fullscreen windows in placing new ones
958 * Closed bug #940 (actions dont work on desktops with no client
962 * Closed bug #904 (ToggleMaximizeHorz & Vert dont always toggle)
963 * Allow resizing of windows in only vertical/horizontal directions
964 (via Alt-MiddleClick-Drag with the default bindings)
965 * Added intelligence to window cycling and raise/lowering based on
967 * Closed bug #902 (Openbox raises gDesklets when clicked). This has the
968 side effect that panels which do not set the ABOVE state (most panels
969 curerntly around) will no longer be kept always on top. You can set the
970 ABOVE state yourself by using the client menu (Alt-RightClick in the
971 default bindings) and selecting the Always on top Layer
972 * Closed bug #907 (window focus is not properly indicated)
973 * Added a focus indicator during focus cycling that is always visible
974 instead of just moving the focus hilight around.
977 * Closed bug #885 (raiseOnFocus is flawed)
978 * Closed bug #887 (Mouse-wheel scrolling only changes 1 desktop when
979 using "dialog" option)
980 * Closed bug #888 (some random coredump)
981 * Closed bug #889 (focus follow mouse not following)
982 * Closed bug #892 (client_under_pointer() doesn't check DESKTOP_ALL)
983 * Avoid the focus flicker when switching desktops
984 * Free the XML DOM trees properly, fixes mem leak
987 * Closed bug #875 (RaiseLower fails to funtion on windows with dialogs)
988 * Added the <moveButton> option for moving dock apps around inside the
989 dock. (Closes bug #798)
990 * Made the "Desktop" action show the pager/desktop dialog
991 * Add the <dialog> option to the Desktop and Focus switching actions
992 * No longer iconify fullscreen windows when they lose focus (Closes
994 * When not using focusLast, when a focused transient is closed, focus
995 will still fallback to its parent or transient siblings
996 * Improved intelligence for focus cycling with modal transients
997 * Removed the focusLast option
998 * Added the placement-policy option to select if windows are placed
999 under the mouse pointer
1000 * Children inherit their window icon from their parent
1001 * Closed bug #878 (minimal resizing of mplayer makes openbox crash)
1002 * Fix case where opening a menu would leave Openbox in a locked state
1003 * Upstream updates for TheBear theme
1006 * Added _OB_WM_STATE_UNDECORATED hint, which can be read and controlled
1007 by external applications
1008 * Closed bug #874 (libtool won't install libobrender.la)
1009 * Launch ObConf when selecting GNOME's Desktop Preferences for Windows
1010 * Focus new children always if their direct parent is focused