How to disable/config alt-click-move in OpenBox
Posted: Sun 19 Feb 2012, 13:38
I've been using Inkscape but unable to use the alt+click select-under feature with JWM. This is because JWM 'grabs' the mouse when alt is pressed to move-window. - see pic for select-under explanation
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My first strategy was to config the alt key mapping in Inkscape - this failed under JWM
Ref-
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php ... n_Linux.3F
changing the mapalt="1" value in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml didn't seem to do anything
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My second strategy was to change the mouse binding in JWM, only to find out this is not possible - yet, see JWM todo list
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The successful solution was to:
1. switch to openbox
2. edit /root/.config/openbox/rc.xml
I changed every occurrence of 'A' (alt) to 'W' (super/win key) below <context name="Frame">
changing just <mousebind button="W-Left" action="Drag"> <action name="Move"/> didn't seem to work.
3. Ensure Mouse/Keyboard Wizard > Advanced XOrg keyboard > Option > Alt/Win key behaviour > altwin: super_win Super is mapped to Win-Keys (default)
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more info on OpenBox modifiers here
http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings#Modifiers
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if anyone has changed inkscape's mapalt successfully this would be preferable to changing window manager's options...
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My first strategy was to config the alt key mapping in Inkscape - this failed under JWM
Ref-
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php ... n_Linux.3F
changing the mapalt="1" value in ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml didn't seem to do anything
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My second strategy was to change the mouse binding in JWM, only to find out this is not possible - yet, see JWM todo list
http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/todo.shtmlInternationalization support for all text (added in revision 530).
Configurable mouse bindings.
Configurable window menu.
Add window list root menu item.
Add separator tray item.
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The successful solution was to:
1. switch to openbox
2. edit /root/.config/openbox/rc.xml
I changed every occurrence of 'A' (alt) to 'W' (super/win key) below <context name="Frame">
changing just <mousebind button="W-Left" action="Drag"> <action name="Move"/> didn't seem to work.
Code: Select all
<context name="Frame">
<mousebind button="W-Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="W-Left" action="Click">
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="W-Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Move"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="W-Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="W-Right" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize"/>
</mousebind> ...
...
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more info on OpenBox modifiers here
http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings#Modifiers
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if anyone has changed inkscape's mapalt successfully this would be preferable to changing window manager's options...