Re: Disabling certain keybindings, if a certain window/aaplication has focus

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Dana Jansens <[email protected]> [14-03-23 19:00]:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Dana Jansens <[email protected]> [14-03-23 17:20]:
> > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am using Blender a lot and Blender has so many functions
> > > > (especially when counting the addons additionally), that
> > > > nearly no keycombination is left unused for shortcuts/hotkeys.
> > > > Many keybindings can be configurated in Blender, but there
> > > > is a limit of speed increase when you start configuring
> > > > keybindings like LSHIFT+LALT+ALTGR+RSHIFT+F4 for something... ;)
> > > >
> > > > Keybindings of addons are often hardcoded into the addon itsself.
> > > >
> > > > To ease this situation I would like to disable some of openbox's
> > > > keybindings, when the window of Blender has focus, so Blender
> > > > get all this keycombinations.
> > > >
> > > > If another window gets focus, the original keybindings of openbox
> > > > should become active again.
> > > >
> > > > Wonderful plan ... but I have no idea how to accomplish that... ;)
> > > >
> > > > Would it be possible? And how?
> > > >
> > >
> > > This sounds like what you want, kinda. You could add a few keybinds
> > inside
> > > the chroot that you want to keep.
> > >
> > > http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings#Key_quoting_with_Chroots
> >
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> > Hi Dana,
> >
> > thank you for your help! :)
> >
> > From the explanation in the linked text I would expect, that after
> > CAQ all keypressed are passed untouched through openbox to the window
> > which has focus.
> >
> > When I press CAQ a tiny extra """window""" pops up and displays "C-A-Q".
> > So I think, open box had understood the keys I pressed.
> >
> > Unfortunately it does not works as I expected (which mostly means: My
> > expectations are wrongly designed ;))
> >
> > For example: I start blender. In blender Alt Right Mouse botton
> > connects two material nodes.
> > In Openbox the same keycombo resizes the focussed window.
> >
> > After blender runs I click it so it has focus.
> > I press "CAQ" (the tiny window pops up) and press RMB.
> > The material nodes remain untocuhed and the blender window
> > gets resized.
> >
> > How can I fix either my expectation or my configuration, which
> > I copied 1:1 from the linked text?
> >
> 
> Ah, mouse bindings are different, there's no way to chroot mouse bindings
> currently. This would only work for key binds.
> 

Unfortunately Blender as 3D Modelling application is heavily
mouse-usage based. 
No way?

Best regards,
mcc


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> >
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> >
> >
> >
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