OpenBox Key Bindings

I've been using Arch Linux on my test box for the last few months and I really like it. I still feel like a linux noob, and they say that Arch isn't for noobs, but I felt that the set up was pretty straight forward. Arch installs as bare boned as possible, with no gui. So I installed and configured X and then installed OpenBox as a windows manager. And that's it. No login manager, no task bar, no conky, no file manager, nada.

OpenBox comes with a configurable start menu that you can reach by right-clicking on the desktop. You can also configure keybindings by editing your ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml file. I was really missing the window positioning keyboard short cuts that come with windows that allow you to maximize a window or split the screen with a window.  So I added them to my rc.xml file, and then I added a few more that I wished windows would have come with.  My screen resolution on that machine is 1200x1600, so the window heights and widths are based on that.  Here's a snippet of my config file:


<!-- Keybindings for moving windows --> 
<!-- In the key attribute, the W refers to the 
     windows/super key, C refers to the ctrl key and KP_# refers
     to a number on the numpad. -->
<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the top left quarter of the screen --> <keybind key="W-C-KP_7">
  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />
  <action name="MoveResizeTo">
    <height>600</height>
    <width>800</widht>
    <x>0</x>
    <y>0</y>
  </action>
</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the top right quarter of the screen --> <keybind key="W-C-KP_9">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <height>600</height>

    <width>800</widht>

    <x>800</x>

    <y>0</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the bottom left quarter of the screen --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_1">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <height>600</height>

    <width>800</widht>

    <x>0</x>

    <y>600</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the bottom right quarter of the screen --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_3">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <height>600</height>

    <width>800</widht>

    <x>800</x>

    <y>600</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the top half of the screen --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_8">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MaximizeHorz" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <height>600</height>

    <x>0</x>

    <y>0</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the right half of the screen --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_6">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MaximizeVert" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <width>800</width>

    <x>800</x>

    <y>0</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the bottom half of the screen --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_2">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MaximizeHorz" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <height>600</height>

    <x>0</x>

    <y>600</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Move and resize the window to fill the right half of the screen --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_4">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MaximizeVert" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <width>800</width>

    <x>0</x>

    <y>0</y>

  </action>

</keybind>

<!-- Resize and center the window --> 

<keybind key="W-C-KP_5">

  <action name="UnmaximizeFull" />

  <action name="MoveResizeTo">

    <height>600</height>

    <width>800</widht>

    <x>400</x>

    <y>300</y>

  </action>

</keybind>