Modify ~/.xinitrc to have this content: Then start openbox with this command:
Category Archives: openbox
The Always-Growing Openbox Guide
Table of Contents How I became an Openbox user Setting Up Openbox Handy Openbox Tweaks Place new windows in the center of the screen How I became an Openbox user If you’d rather get to the good stuff about setting up openbox, go here. There has been a lot of backlash against Ubuntu’s choice to migrate […]
Keyboard Shortcuts in Openbox
Using keyboard shortcuts is perhaps the easiest way to make yourself more productive with your computer. For any OS or any desktop environment, it is beneficial to know how to quickly accomplish tasks without using your mouse. Many keyboard shortcuts can allow you to get things done much faster than hunting through menus or using […]
Using Hotkeys with Openbox
Openbox is a pretty minimalist window manager, so it’s not always easy to configure. If you want to add a hot key preference to openbox (for opening a program with combination of keyboard keys), you will need to edit openbox’s rc.xml file. This file is usually located in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml. Open rc.xml: or Find a line that says <keyboard>. This […]
Customizing the Openbox Menu
There are two ways you can make changes to the openbox menu. You can edit the menu.xml file, which is usually located with the other openbox configuration files (in ~/.config/openbox/ on Ubuntu 12.04). There’s an easier, GUI-based way – using a program called obmenu. Once you have obmenu installed (sudo apt-get install obmenu), simply type obmenu in […]
Autostart.sh in openbox
To autostart programs or scripts in openbox, add To the end of ~/.config/openbox/autostart (create the directories and file if they don’t exist) My autostart section looks like this: