openbox-window-snapping

Window snapping for openbox. Multiple Monitors.

Setup

You need run the script when dragging a window. You can do this by adding the following to "~/config/openbox/rc.xml", or whatever the name of the file is.

<action name="Execute">
    <command>/home/$USER$/scripts/winDragDrog.sh</command>
</action>

or using the binary

<action name="Execute">
    <command>/home/$USER$/scripts/aeroWindowDragging</command>
</action>

I would suggest you add it to the file like this

<mouse>
    ...
    <context name="Titlebar">
        ...
        <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
            <action name="Execute">
                <command>/home/$USER$/scripts/aeroWindowDragging</command>
            </action>
            <action name="Move"/>
        </mousebind>
        ...
    </context>
    ...
</mouse>

You can change the name and the script location to your liking. Of course replace $USER$ with your username.

You will need to set your mouse, snap margins, and how big your titlebars are. At the top of the script there are three variables, mouse, diff, and titleSize.

Run xinput | grep pointer In the scirpt replace G604(my mouse) with whichever mouse is your main mouse. You can use id or mouse name, CAPS MATTER. Yours will look like mouse='MOUSE_NAME'. Make sure your mouse name is surrounded by quotes.

For the variable diff, replace 40 with a number of pixels you wish to be screen snapping borders. No quotes.

titleSize is how big you window titlebars are. Becasue they do not count as window size we must exlucde the size of titles from the size of the window. This will chnage depending on the font size of your titlebar and/or the icon size of your titlebar. The best way to figure out what works for you is to just play with it. A higher number will result in a smaller window vertically. I have not accounted for window left, right, and bottom borders so there may be window overlapping becasue of this.

Make sure the file is executable! chmod +x winDragDrog.sh

Requirments

xinput
xdotool
wmctrl

Notes

• The script is laggy, I suggest using the binary.

ToDO

• Auto select/use mouse/mice
• Auto determine title size
• Create terminal commands to set options