Openbox keybindings not taking effect after --reconfigure or restarting X

Question

 273     <keybind key="W-Return">
 274       <action name="Execute">
 275         <command>lxterminal</command>
 276       </action>
 277     </keybind>
 278     <keybind key="W-Up">
 279       <action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
 280     </keybind>
 281     <keybind key="W-Left">
 282       <action name="MoveToEdgeWest"/>
 283     </keybind>
 284     <keybind key="W-Right">
 285       <action name="MoveToEdgeEast"/>
 286     </keybind>

I added these lines in between the default last </keybind> and </keyboard> in my ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml file (the line numbers are from vim). However, neither restarting X nor issuing an openbox --reconfigure applies these settings.

What am I doing wrong? I'm using Arch with all the default LXDE packages.

Answer 1

There is also

$ openbox --restart

Since it was not mentioned yet, I will do it. This will not restart X as well. Presumably --restart is "more powerful" than --reconfigure.

Answer 2

On LXDE ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml config is used instead.

To check how openbox was started you can do:

$ ps ax | grep openbox
 2109 ?        S      0:29 openbox --config-file /home/marcin/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml

Answer 3

Make sure you use the path in your home directory

.config/openbox/rc.xml

not

~./config/openbox/rc.xml

Answer 4

i've been struggling with the same problem for an hour now and the answer i'm afraid is quite silly and straightforward. You should locate you keybinds within the keyboard block inside the rc.xml other wise they won't work.

I hope i answered your question :).