Re: layer in rc.xml not working
Dana Jansens <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Dana Jansens <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:15 AM, David J. Biesack <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Openbox 3.5.0.01 on Ubuntu 13.10 with KDE >> >> I run a MS Windows 7 VM in VMware player (in VMware Unity mode). >> I'm trying to configure OpenBox to keep MS Outlook reminder windows on >> top of other windows. >> >> As per http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Applications I'm using the window >> class >> from obxprop: >> >> # obxprop _OB_APP_TYPE _OB_APP_TITLE _OB_APP_CLASS _OB_APP_NAME >> _OB_APP_TYPE(UTF8_STRING) = "normal" >> _OB_APP_TITLE(UTF8_STRING) = "1 Reminder(s) - [vml1599a]" >> _OB_APP_CLASS(UTF8_STRING) = "Microsoft Outlook" >> _OB_APP_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "Microsoft Outlook.VMwareUnityWindow" >> >> I have the following in my ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml >> >> <applications> >> <application title="*Reminder*" class="Microsoft Outlook"> >> <decor>no</decor> >> <layer>above</layer> >> <focus>no</focus> >> </application> >> <application title="xclock"> >> <decor>no</decor> >> <layer>above</layer> >> </application> >> </applications> >> >> I've also tried just >> >> <application class="Microsoft Outlook"> >> >> but the Outlook Reminder windows do *not* layer on top of other normal >> windows, >> whereas the layer config *does* work for xclock. >> (I run `openbox --reconfigure' or restart openbox after editing rc.xml) >> >> Why does Openbox not honor this layer setting for these Reminder windows? >> Is this perhaps a problem with VMWare unity windows? >> > > I wouldn't be totally shocked if the unity windows set a bunch of things > and turn off your above request after they appear (given past experiences > with various toolkits). You can run openbox with --debug and view the log > output in ~/.cache/openbox (or stdout) to see what is going on if that > helps. > Have you tried setting other properties and see if they work? And what happens if you set on-top manually? > > >> >> thanks, >> djb >> >> -- >> David J. Biesack | Principal API Architect, SAS | @davidbiesack | >> 919-531-7771 | www.sas.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openbox mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/openbox >> > > _______________________________________________ openbox mailing list [email protected] http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/openbox