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[REOPENED] Openbox: disable mouse click to focus desktop

I'm trying to figure out what mousebind is focusing the desktop if I left-click it. I don't want my active window to lose focus if I click the desktop but I'd still like to be able to right-click and middle-click it.

Last edited by hhh (2015-07-30 04:26:49)

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Re: [REOPENED] Openbox: disable mouse click to focus desktop

Left click does nothing for me at all.  Centre and right work though.

The top of my ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on install.
        Copy the file to $HOME/.config/openbox/ instead. -->
<openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/3.4/rc" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  <resistance>
    <strength>10</strength>
    <screen_edge_strength>20</screen_edge_strength>
  </resistance>
  <focus>
    <focusNew>yes</focusNew>
    <!-- always try to focus new windows when they appear. other rules do
       apply -->
    <followMouse>no</followMouse>
    <!-- move focus to a window when you move the mouse into it -->
    <focusLast>yes</focusLast>
    <!-- focus the last used window when changing desktops, instead of the one
       under the mouse pointer. when followMouse is enabled -->
    <underMouse>no</underMouse>
    <!-- move focus under the mouse, even when the mouse is not moving -->
    <focusDelay>200</focusDelay>
    <!-- when followMouse is enabled, the mouse must be inside the window for
       this many milliseconds (1000 = 1 sec) before moving focus to it -->
    <raiseOnFocus>no</raiseOnFocus>
    <!-- when followMouse is enabled, and a window is given focus by moving the
       mouse into it, also raise the window -->
  </focus>
  <placement>
    <policy>UnderMouse</policy>
    <!-- 'Smart' or 'UnderMouse' -->
    <center>yes</center>
    <!-- whether to place windows in the center of the free area found or
       the top left corner -->
    <monitor>Mouse</monitor>
    <!-- with Smart placement on a multi-monitor system, try to place new windows
       on: 'Any' - any monitor, 'Mouse' - where the mouse is, 'Active' - where
       the active window is, 'Primary' - only on the primary monitor -->
    <primaryMonitor>1</primaryMonitor>
    <!-- The monitor where Openbox should place popup dialogs such as the
       focus cycling popup, or the desktop switch popup.  It can be an index
       from 1, specifying a particular monitor.  Or it can be one of the
       following: 'Mouse' - where the mouse is, or
                  'Active' - where the active window is -->
  </placement>

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Re: [REOPENED] Openbox: disable mouse click to focus desktop

I'm not using #!'s rc.xml., I should have mentioned that. In that file, under <Context name="Desktop">, I removed...

      <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
        <action name="Focus"/>
        <action name="Raise"/>
      </mousebind>
      <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
        <action name="Focus"/>
        <action name="Raise"/>
      </mousebind>

Seems to be working as I wanted. Thanks for the response, Sector11, and thanks for the compliment in the other thread on my setup!

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Re: [REOPENED] Openbox: disable mouse click to focus desktop

You're welcome²

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Re: [REOPENED] Openbox: disable mouse click to focus desktop

Use obconf and see if there are settings for focus policy - setting the focus policy you want should make the changes for you - catch any you may have missed doing a manual edit.

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Re: [REOPENED] Openbox: disable mouse click to focus desktop

I checked there, all good. Thanks PackRat!

-edit- In BunsenLabs, it's the similar. delete...

      <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
        <action name="Focus"/>
        <action name="Raise"/>
      </mousebind>

Is there a good reason to keep that keybind?

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