[Pkg-lxde-maintainers] Bug#656672: Bug#656672: lxpanel: "Run" dialog always in background if started with Alt+F2

[Martin Bagge / brother]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> Can't say exactly when (been spending more time in stable lately) the
> Run dialog began appearing in the background if started with Alt+F2.

This is a known issue. I am not sure exactly where it was introduced but I 
know how to solve it.

In your openbox config (~/.config/openbox/sessionname-rc.xml or something) 
find </applications> (usually the second last line in the file).

Add
     <application name="lxpanel" type="dialog">
       <focus>yes</focus>
     </application>

Just before the </application> line.
This will set focus to the run dialog when started.

> It works fine if started from an xterm ('lxpanelctl run') or from the
> main menu. To eliminate any configuration issues I also tried with a
> clean ~/.config

Maybe the package to address is lxde-common, IIRC that's where the default 
rc.xml comes from.

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