Ubuntu
obconf-qt package

Option has no effect and reset itself

Bug #1916897 reported by Nguyễn Xuân Minh
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
obconf-qt (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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openbox (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
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Bug Description

The checkbox "Center new windows when they are placed" doesn't seem to do anything and reset itself when I close obconf-qt. When I change other options, the file .config/openbox/lxqt-rc.xml get changed but the element openbox_conf.placement.center doesn't.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: obconf-qt 0.15.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Thu Feb 25 20:34:38 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-18 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
SourcePackage: obconf-qt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Nguyễn Xuân Minh (umuluto) wrote :
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ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) wrote :

Something is really weird here, even outside of what problem there MAY be with obconf-qt.

The setting for this in the Openbox config is `<placement><center>yes</center></placement>` which is a default part of the Lubuntu configuration (and technically Debian and upstream Openbox, too).

The option is relatively new as previous centering solutions were buggy, as evidenced by this bug:
https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5946

However, as you can see there, it was resolved with a new commit:
https://github.com/danakj/openbox/commit/f866c034bf6e954791442ff029d5ae51ab0bd616

Despite all that, I can't get it to work no way, no how.

That said, I'm going to add Openbox and investigate a bit further.

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in obconf-qt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 21.04 (hirsute) reached end-of-life on January 20, 2022.
Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy) reached end-of-life on July 22, 2021.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in obconf-qt (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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