Suggested features, fixes and/or bloat for blackbox

Please note that some people don't want any features added to blackbox -- their goals are to have a minimal blackbox. Others want a fast but useful window manager.

The ideas ...

• a menu that shows "All Windows" (open or iconized and maybe all workspaces)
• access root (main) menu from taskbar
• option to disable rootCommand so user can prevent malicious rootCommands from being executed. (Patch available; patch also includes a RootImage style directive so designers can select a root image to display.)
• add an [shexec] menu option. This [shexec] behaves like the current [exec]. The new (with patch) [exec] now doesn't exec "sh -c". This is to get rid of the unnecessary "sh -c" processes. (Patch available)
• add keybindings back to blackbox: bindings are ctrl-arrows to change workspaces and alt-tab/alt-shift-tab to cycle windows. (Patch available)
• use blackbox without a mouse (open menus and browse menus with keys)
• have some application or configuration file that allows me to move the decorations around. On my BB, it is set up to have only one titlebar decoration: the exit button, and it is on the LEFT side of the titlebar.
• toolbar be able to swallow (like slit) bb apps (like bbweather)

Some patches are available via http://blackbox.thelinuxcommunity.org/patches.html.

Bugs / Issues

• bbkeys stops functioning until a window or something gets focus
• bb crashes (dumps core) when changing workspaces quickly
• The focus lost when I change to a new workspace and the "Focus on Last Window" is not set. The originally focused window should take the focus IMHO.
• The submenu popup positions are confusing after reaching the right edge of the screen
• The root menu is not accessible when a window is maximized
• The window snap to edge ignores the toolbar and the slit (feature? don't think so) not mentioning other window borders.
• The stay-on-top feature is missing for the windows (ok. not bug, but something that should be developed)
• The click-to-focus fails on window interior when a lock key is on.
• "Blackbox is broke WRT windows that have decorations removed from them." " (For example, alt+click doesn't work to move a window.)

TODO List