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I am using LXDE* over Ubuntu Oneiric on a DELL Studio-XPS 64-bit machine and I can't get the keybind for raising windows to work.

In my ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml I put:

<!-- Iconify window: it works. -->
<keybind key="A-Down">
    <action name="Iconify"/>
<!-- Raise window: does nothing. -->
<keybind key="A-Up">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>

then I openbox --reconfigure, but no rasing windows keybindings. I could use the NextWindow action, but... not really the same.


*Nested question: how to know the version of installed LXDE?

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Given that keyboard events do not have a point in space, so do not have a target window, there is no window to focus and raise (the current window is already focused and raised).

If not used for a global key binding, the key event is sent to the currently active/focused window.

For the latter, apt-cache policy lxde-core.

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Thanks @enzotib. So, after iconifying a window, does it lose the focus? And, how can I raise a window then? –  Campa Apr 1 '12 at 10:38
@Campa: yes, it lose focus, and there is no action to restore an iconified windows (raise has another meaning: "raises a window above other windows in its layer"). After all, how can the WM know which window you want to restore? –  enzotib Apr 1 '12 at 11:28
Ok but, what does NextWindow action do to raise windows then? Where does the focus go? Desktop? –  Campa Apr 1 '12 at 17:22
@Campa: it is not a window action, but a global action, the window are kept in a list, and the next to the current window is given focus. –  enzotib Apr 1 '12 at 17:53

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