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

[Andrei POPESCU]

On Vi, 20 ian 12, 21:17:01, Martin Bagge / brother wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, this helps.

> >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.

IMVHO the above is a work-around, not a fix. It should not be necessary 
to force the dialog to be displayed first with window manager tricks.

Thanks,
Andrei
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