replace the <active> placement option with <placeOn>active/mouse/any</placeOn>

data/rc.xml

@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
   <center>yes</center>
   <!-- whether to place windows in the center of the free area found or
        the top left corner -->
-  <active>no</active>
-  <!-- force new windows onto the active monitor on a multi-head system, unless
-       they are part of an application already on another monitor -->
+  <placeOn>Any</placeOn>
+  <!-- with Smart placement on a multi-monitor system, try to place new windows
+       on: 'Any' - any monitor, 'Mouse' - where the mouse is, 'Active' - where
+       the active window is -->
 </placement>
 
 <theme>

data/rc.xsd

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         </xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:element name="policy" type="ob:placementpolicy"/>
         <xsd:element name="center" type="ob:bool"/>
-        <xsd:element name="active" type="ob:bool"/>
+        <xsd:element name="placeOn" type="ob:placementmonitor"/>
     </xsd:complexType>
     <xsd:complexType name="margins">
         <xsd:annotation>
@@ -402,6 +402,13 @@
             <xsd:enumeration value="UnderMouse"/>
         </xsd:restriction>
     </xsd:simpleType>
+    <xsd:simpleType name="placementmonitor">
+        <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
+            <xsd:enumeration value="Any"/>
+            <xsd:enumeration value="Mouse"/>
+            <xsd:enumeration value="Active"/>
+        </xsd:restriction>
+    </xsd:simpleType>
     <xsd:simpleType name="popupposition">
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
             <xsd:enumeration value="Top"/>

openbox/config.c

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ gboolean config_focus_raise;
 gboolean config_focus_last;
 gboolean config_focus_under_mouse;
 
-ObPlacePolicy config_place_policy;
-gboolean      config_place_center;
-gboolean      config_place_active;
+ObPlacePolicy  config_place_policy;
+gboolean       config_place_center;
+ObPlaceMonitor config_place_monitor;
 
 StrutPartial config_margins;
 
@@ -491,8 +491,12 @@ static void parse_placement(ObParseInst *i, xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr node,
             config_place_policy = OB_PLACE_POLICY_MOUSE;
     if ((n = parse_find_node("center", node)))
         config_place_center = parse_bool(doc, n);
-    if ((n = parse_find_node("active", node)))
-        config_place_active = parse_bool(doc, n);
+    if ((n = parse_find_node("placeOn", node))) {
+        if (parse_contains("active", doc, n))
+            config_place_monitor = OB_PLACE_MONITOR_ACTIVE;
+        else if (parse_contains("mouse", doc, n))
+            config_place_monitor = OB_PLACE_MONITOR_MOUSE;
+    }
 }
 
 static void parse_margins(ObParseInst *i, xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr node,
@@ -886,7 +890,7 @@ void config_startup(ObParseInst *i)
 
     config_place_policy = OB_PLACE_POLICY_SMART;
     config_place_center = TRUE;
-    config_place_active = FALSE;
+    config_place_monitor = OB_PLACE_MONITOR_ANY;
 
     parse_register(i, "placement", parse_placement, NULL);
 

openbox/config.h

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ extern ObPlacePolicy config_place_policy;
 extern gboolean config_place_center;
 /*! Place windows on the active monitor (unless they are part of an application
   already on another monitor) */
-extern gboolean config_place_active;
+extern ObPlaceMonitor config_place_monitor;
 
 /*! User-specified margins around the edge of the screen(s) */
 extern StrutPartial config_margins;

openbox/place.c

@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ static Rect **pick_head(ObClient *c)
         }
     }
 
-    if (focus_client && client_normal(focus_client)) {
+    /* skip this if placing by the mouse position */
+    if (focus_client && client_normal(focus_client) &&
+        config_place_monitor != OB_PLACE_MONITOR_MOUSE)
+    {
         add_choice(choice, client_monitor(focus_client));
         ob_debug("placement adding choice %d for normal focused window\n",
                  client_monitor(focus_client));
@@ -146,7 +149,8 @@ static gboolean place_random(ObClient *client, gint *x, gint *y)
     guint i;
 
     areas = pick_head(client);
-    i = config_place_active ? 0 : g_random_int_range(0, screen_num_monitors);
+    i = (config_place_monitor != OB_PLACE_MONITOR_ANY) ?
+        0 : g_random_int_range(0, screen_num_monitors);
 
     l = areas[i]->x;
     t = areas[i]->y;
@@ -255,9 +259,9 @@ static gboolean place_nooverlap(ObClient *c, gint *x, gint *y)
     /* try ignoring different things to find empty space */
     for (ignore = 0; ignore < IGNORE_END && !ret; ignore++) {
         /* try all monitors in order of preference, but only the first one
-           if config_place_active is true */
-        for (i = 0; (i < (config_place_active ? 1 : screen_num_monitors) &&
-                     !ret); ++i)
+           if config_place_monitor is MOUSE or ACTIVE */
+        for (i = 0; (i < (config_place_monitor != OB_PLACE_MONITOR_ANY ?
+                          1 : screen_num_monitors) && !ret); ++i)
         {
             GList *it;
 

openbox/place.h

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ typedef enum
     OB_PLACE_POLICY_MOUSE
 } ObPlacePolicy;
 
+typedef enum
+{
+    OB_PLACE_MONITOR_ANY,
+    OB_PLACE_MONITOR_ACTIVE,
+    OB_PLACE_MONITOR_MOUSE
+} ObPlaceMonitor;
+
 gboolean place_client(struct _ObClient *client, gint *x, gint *y,
                       struct _ObAppSettings *settings);