Bug 3286 - more window placement features
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 2256
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Product: Openbox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: general
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P3 enhancement
Assignee: Dana Jansens
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Reported: 2007-07-29 16:40 EDT by Roberth Sjonøy
Modified: 2007-08-04 13:33:41 EDT
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Description Roberth Sjonøy 2007-07-29 16:40:44 EDT 
Be aware of that terminal emulators are just an example of an application.

I would like to see openbox be able to have more window placement features, openbox should be able to automatically place new windows on the screen where theres no windows allready opened if possible, great if you have like you have like a lot of terminal emulators open when you don't like tabs, and you are coding something.

You can just hit an button defined for opening your favourite terminal emulator and it will not overlap any of the existing terminal emulators that are allready opened, which I find EXTREMELY annoying.
This feature should also be able to turn of on certain windows, defined by XxY in pixels on which windows this placement system will ignore, like web browsers, image viewers etc, and they can overlap the windows etc.

And including the other feature already mentioned, it should also be possible to define a certain space in pixels between the windows, one definition for the space between the windows and the edge of the screen, and definition for the space between the windows when they are opened, it should also be possible to make individual definitions for each corner of the screen to.

If want the existing terminal emulators to be organized, I could just hit a button on my keyboard etc, and the windows would be organized automatically.
The "ignore certain apps" feature should also be able to turn off on this feature to.
Comment 1 Roberth Sjonøy 2007-07-30 12:26:12 EDT 
Draft 2

Be aware of that terminal emulators are just an example of an application.

I would like to see openbox be able to have more window placement features, great if you have like you have like a lot of terminal emulators open when you don't like tabs, and you are coding something.

Openbox today places windows on the desktop where theres space, but very random ly, which makes it very easy to overlap windows without the user taking action, which I find totally uneccesary.
This feature should also be able to turn of on certain windows, defined by XxY
in pixels on which windows this placement system will ignore, like web
browsers, image viewers etc, and they can overlap the windows etc.

And including the other feature already mentioned, it should also be possible
to define a certain space in pixels between the windows, and definition for the
space between the windows when they are opened, it should also be possible to
make individual definitions for each corner of the screen to.

If want the existing terminal emulators to be organized, I could just hit a
button on my keyboard etc, and the windows would be organized automatically.
The "ignore certain apps" feature should also be able to turn off on this
feature to.
Comment 2 Dana Jansens 2007-08-04 13:33:41 EDT 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2256 ***