• Registered: 2010-06-05
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Topic: Openbox right click not working properly

Hey guys, I just put crunchbang on my old ibm thinkpad and it works great, except for my openbox main menu... it only works when i right click on conky. If i click anywhere else I get the "desktop switcher" menu... with the "add new desktop" and "remove last desktop" options... I'd like the root menu to pop up when i right click anywhere, how do i fix this?

Oh also I'd like the root menu to show when i right click on tint2, and supposedly this is done by adding wm_menu=1 to the config... but I can't get it to work (with the root menu or desktop switcher menu... no response)

any help i'd really appreciate, thanks #! guys.

  • ali
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Re: Openbox right click not working properly

can you please post (wrapped in code tags preferably) the menu.xml file content?

alt+f2

gedit /home/YOUR USERNAME/.config/openbox/menu.xml
openbox-logout exit on escape
  • benj1
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  • From: Yorkshire, England
  • Registered: 2009-09-05
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Re: Openbox right click not working properly

I could be wrong but i would be surprised if it were a menu.xml issue (or else it wouldn't work at all)

have you set up pcmanfm, or some other program to manage your desktop?

failing that have you modified ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml ?

i think this is the part that brings up the main menu (it towards the bottom)

    <context name="Root">
      <!-- Menus -->
      <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
        <action name="ShowMenu">
          <menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu>
        </action>
      </mousebind>
      <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
        <action name="ShowMenu">
          <menu>root-menu</menu>
        </action>
      </mousebind>
    </context>

middle click (or left and right together) should ring up the menu you described, right click brings up the main menu.

if all else fails windows_key + space should bring up the main menu, as should right clicking at the very top of the screen (openbox leaves a one pixel high row at the top of the screen free so you can access the menu when you have maximised windows etc).

- - - - - - - - Wiki Pages - - - - - - -
#! install guide           *autostart programs, modify the menu & keybindings
configuring Conky       *installing scripts
  • From: North West UK.
  • Registered: 2009-10-28
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Re: Openbox right click not working properly

....windows_key + space should bring up the main menu.

....just me or does anyone else get a "wots up" moment  (when messing on another distro) when left hand, first and second finger taps, produce zero response?