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removing <focus>yes</focus>, or setting to no does not have any effect. I can make inactive window active with the xdotool command, but then still only one window is "accesible".

Martin Vegter
– Martin Vegter

2019-12-29 07:57:06 +00:00
Commented Dec 29, 2019 at 7:57
what about the mouse focus solution ? also does a command line linked to a keyboard shortcut suit your needs ?

intika
– intika

2019-12-29 08:25:36 +00:00
Commented Dec 29, 2019 at 8:25
the problem here is that the desktop is considered one single layer even if you have 2 screens and thus only one application can have focus on that layer... openbox with <focus>yes</focus> is not meant for a dynamic focus on a single layer

intika
– intika

2019-12-29 08:29:00 +00:00
Commented Dec 29, 2019 at 8:29
also an other solution could be a python/or/else script that will watch the mouse location + desktop window and set the focus to the proper window... it would require some work but doable in 1 or 2h programming... let me know i'll see what i can do ;)

intika
– intika

2019-12-29 08:31:59 +00:00
Commented Dec 29, 2019 at 8:31
also, I should point out, that everything worked fine in earlier versions of openbox (3.5.0). It stopped working with version 3.6.1

Martin Vegter
– Martin Vegter

2019-12-29 09:03:09 +00:00
Commented Dec 29, 2019 at 9:03

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