Rxvt as part of desktop, forcing it to stay maximised

This isnt so much a major problem rather a niggle, I'm running openbox and have rxvt terminal as part of my desktop.
Whenever I use the shortcut to show my desktop it minimises the rxvt window too. As I have it set up not to appear in my tint2 panel the only way for me to maximise it again is to use the show desktop shortcut again.
Is there a way I can force rxvt to stay maximised?
Thanks in advance
Craig
Last edited by delboy83uk (2011-12-27 22:50:10)

There are ways to exclude windows from the show desktop, by having them listed as dock apps or something. But for an alternate, you could add a conditional action to the rc.xml after the show desktop action. Something like the following (untested):
<keybind key="W-d">
<action name="ToggleShowDesktop"/>
<action name="If">
<title>rxvt</title> 
<then>
<action name="Maximize"/> 
</then>
</action>
</keybind>
Last edited by Trilby (2011-12-27 23:11:34)

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