[GoLUG] Openbox: Alt mousewheel changes workspaces

Kyle Terrien kyleterrien at gmail.com
Tue Feb 27 13:23:57 EST 2024


On 2/27/24 09:53, Steve Litt wrote:
> I didn't know this until today. In Openbox, pressing either Alt key
> while rotating the mouse wheel quickly, sequentially and cyclically
> (goes from last to first or vice versa) changes workspaces. What a nice
> workflow enhancer for whenever my hand is already on the mouse. If you
> have Openbox, you should try it out.

It is also customizable in rc.xml.

https://github.com/KlipperKyle/dotfiles/blob/master/openbox/rc.xml#L847

This is inside the <mouse> element.  (See the comment for some articles 
and hints.)

https://github.com/KlipperKyle/dotfiles/blob/master/openbox/rc.xml#L590

Openbox is one of the few window managers which lets you customize *all* 
the mouse bindings.

--Kyle Terrien

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