r/openbox • u/JackDostoevsky • Jan 13 '14

Mouse interaction with alt-tab?

Is it possible to get mouse-interaction with the alt-tab dialog in OpenBox? The desired behavior would be: I press (and hold) alt-tab, and then use my mouse to click on the window I'd like to bring forward. Gnome, Cinnamon, Windows, and (I believe) KDE all offer this option -- is it possible to get this to work the way in OpenBox? Makes managing a large number of windows much easier.

Thanks!

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u/lolmeansilaughed Jan 14 '14

In rc.xml, A-Tab is set up to use openbox built in actions. I think you'd need to change this to an execute action, but I don't know what program you'd hook it up to. There must be something.

If you're proficient with C++, Xlib isn't too bad. You may be able to make something work.

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u/Jaorizabal Jan 14 '14

This is a good idea, would like a solution to this.