{"id":12274,"date":"2015-09-12T12:34:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T16:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=12274"},"modified":"2016-09-29T08:04:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T12:04:31","slug":"raspbian-getting-alt-tab-to-work-properly-in-openboxlxde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/12\/raspbian-getting-alt-tab-to-work-properly-in-openboxlxde\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspbian: Getting Alt-Tab to work properly in Openbox\/LXDE"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still happily using a Raspberry Pi 2B<\/del> 3 as a lightweight desktop machine. It’s not my main computer, but it’s pleasantly capable. Set up with a couple of paged desktops (or virtual desktops, as we used to call ’em), I can get a bunch of things done with it.<\/p>\n

One feature that really irked me, though, was the way that window switching worked. Or, for greater clarity, didn’t<\/strong> work. Openbox<\/a>, the standard window manager in Raspbian, didn’t allow you to switch to windows on another desktop with Alt+Tab. As I have a smallish screen, I typically have very few windows per desktop, so I want that ability to move from task to task.<\/p>\n

This, however, can be fixed. In your ~\/.config\/openbox\/lxde-pi-rc.xml<\/tt> file, change the keybinding sections for Alt+Tab and Alt-Shift+Tab from:<\/p>\n

\r\n    <!-- Keybindings for window switching -->\r\n    <keybind key="A-Tab">\r\n      <action name="NextWindow"\/>\r\n    <\/keybind>\r\n    <keybind key="A-S-Tab">\r\n      <action name="PreviousWindow"\/>\r\n    <\/keybind>\r\n<\/pre>\n
to<\/p>\n
\r\n    <!-- Keybindings for window switching -->\r\n    <keybind key="A-Tab">\r\n      <action name="NextWindow">\r\n        <allDesktops>yes<\/allDesktops>\r\n      <\/action>\r\n    <\/keybind>\r\n    <keybind key="A-S-Tab">\r\n      <action name="PreviousWindow">\r\n        <allDesktops>yes<\/allDesktops>\r\n      <\/action>\r\n    <\/keybind>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Log out, log back in, and Alt+Tab across desktops should Just Work. If you’re not using the default pi user, I suspect you’ll have to edit the ~\/.config\/openbox\/lxde-user<\/em>-rc.xml<\/tt> file instead.<\/p>\n
Credit for this tip: user crunchworksyeay on the CrunchBang Linux Forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n
This has been a Memo To Myself<\/em>\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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