Alternative to Alt-Tab on Openbox?

Question

I get RSI from using Alt-Tab.

1) Any easier app or way to switch tasks?

2) Can I map it to a single key ?

I use Openbox as my Desktop Environment and I don't use panels much.

Answer 1

Openbox is fully configurable. You can map any key (like Super) or key combo (Like Alt + Space) to any action (Also works to launch apps, terminal commands...).

With obkey

Install obkey and launch it to set your mapping.

Manually

Edit or create the ~/.config/rc.xml file.

If you're on lubuntu or other distro, this may be called lubunturc.xml or differently.

Search for A-Tab in it and replace it by your keybinding. You can find simple and complete doc about keybindings (for special characters...) here : openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings, and you have a list of available actions to point to here : openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#PreviousWindow.

Answer 2

On openbox the rc.xml file can be found in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml

There you should have a section:

<keybind key="A-Tab">
  <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
</keybind>