<center>yes</center>
<!-- whether to place windows in the center of the free area found or
the top left corner -->
+ <monitor>Active</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 -->
+ <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>
<theme>
<name>Clearlooks</name>
<titleLayout>NLIMC</titleLayout>
<!--
- avaible characters are NDSLIMC, each can occur at most once.
+ available characters are NDSLIMC, each can occur at most once.
N: window icon
L: window label (AKA title).
I: iconify
<popupShow>Nonpixel</popupShow>
<!-- 'Always', 'Never', or 'Nonpixel' (xterms and such) -->
<popupPosition>Center</popupPosition>
- <!-- 'Center' or 'Top' -->
+ <!-- 'Center', 'Top', or 'Fixed' -->
+ <popupFixedPosition>
+ <!-- these are used if popupPosition is set to 'Fixed' -->
+
+ <x>10</x>
+ <!-- positive number for distance from left edge, negative number for
+ distance from right edge, or 'Center' -->
+ <y>10</y>
+ <!-- positive number for distance from top edge, negative number for
+ distance from bottom edge, or 'Center' -->
+ </popupFixedPosition>
</resize>
<!-- You can reserve a portion of your screen where windows will not cover when
<!-- default menu file (or custom one in $HOME/.config/openbox/) -->
<file>menu.xml</file>
<hideDelay>200</hideDelay>
+ <!-- if a press-release lasts longer than this setting (in milliseconds), the
+ menu is hidden again -->
<middle>no</middle>
- <submenuShowDelay>100</submenuShowDelay>
+ <!-- center submenus vertically about the parent entry -->
+ <submenuShowDelay>200</submenuShowDelay>
+ <!-- this one is easy, time to delay before showing a submenu after hovering
+ over the parent entry -->
+ <submenuHideDelay>400</submenuHideDelay>
+ <!-- time to delay before hiding a submenu when selecting another
+ entry in parent menu -->
<applicationIcons>yes</applicationIcons>
+ <!-- controls if icons appear in the client-list-(combined-)menu -->
+ <manageDesktops>yes</manageDesktops>
+ <!-- show the manage desktops section in the client-list-(combined-)menu -->
</menu>
<applications>
# this is an example with comments through out. use these to make your
# own rules, but without the comments of course.
- <application name="first element of window's WM_CLASS property (see xprop)"
- class="second element of window's WM_CLASS property (see xprop)"
- role="the window's WM_WINDOW_ROLE property (see xprop)">
+ <application name="the window's _OB_NAME property (see obxprop)"
+ class="the window's _OB_CLASS property (see obxprop)"
+ role="the window's _OB_ROLE property (see obxprop)"
+ type="the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE (see obxprob)..
+ (if unspecified, then it is 'dialog' for child windows)">
# the name or the class can be set, or both. this is used to match
# windows when they appear. role can optionally be set as well, to
# further restrict your matches.
# used by a shell. you can use * to match any characters and ? to match
# any single character.
+ # the type is one of: normal, dialog, splash, utility, menu, toolbar, dock,
+ # or desktop
+
# when multiple rules match a window, they will all be applied, in the
# order that they appear in this list
<shade>no</shade>
# make the window shaded when it appears, or not
- <position>
+ <position force="no">
# the position is only used if both an x and y coordinate are provided
# (and not set to 'default')
+ # when force is "yes", then the window will be placed here even if it
+ # says you want it placed elsewhere. this is to override buggy
+ # applications who refuse to behave
<x>center</x>
# a number like 50, or 'center' to center on screen. use a negative number
# to start from the right (or bottom for <y>), ie -50 is 50 pixels from the