#1 2017-02-25 23:47:08

nlvivar

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From: Oakland, CA

Registered: 2015-11-10

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Openbox Menu item for desktops and open windows

It's been a while since I've played with my Openbox Menu, and I can't remember how I used to have a menu items for my virtual desktops and open windows under each desktop.

I can't even remember it it was a script or an action incuded in Openbox Menu.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2015-09-29

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Re: Openbox Menu item for desktops and open windows

Middle-click on the empty desktop?

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martix

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Registered: 2016-02-19

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Re: Openbox Menu item for desktops and open windows

Yes, that might be the "client list menu" or "client list combined menu". Also available via super+tab (a short while ago just discovered that it also works via left+right click at the same time). If it is what you mean, you can configure it also as a menu entry, like the "Desktops" entry on the picture for Debian Menu as replacement (second picture in the first post here).

If you paste this line in ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml   (Preferences/Openbox/Edit menu.xml) where it's supposed to be in the menu, there will be an entry for desktops:

<menu execute="ShowMenu" id="client-list-combined-menu" label="Windows"/>

However I'm not sure why the entry is called "Windows", even if someone uses e.g. label="Desktops". I tried it but did not work.

Last edited by martix (2017-02-26 14:18:34)

MALsPa

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From: albuquerque

Registered: 2016-06-20

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Re: Openbox Menu item for desktops and open windows

That's interesting. Yeah, I tried label="desktops" instead of label="Windows" but it still shows up as "Windows" in the menu. Oddly enough, obmenu shows the label as "desktops".

nlvivar

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From: Oakland, CA

Registered: 2015-11-10

Posts: 6

Re: Openbox Menu item for desktops and open windows

Middle-click on the empty desktop?

Doh! Forgotten about that. Yup. I should just do that. Thanks.

martix

Kim Jong-un Stunt Double

Registered: 2016-02-19

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Re: Openbox Menu item for desktops and open windows

@MALsPa  Yeah, it's kind of weird, because the similar

<menu execute="ShowMenu" id="client-list-menu" label="Desktops"/>

works just fine.