Re: FVWM: more on focus behavior

From: Michael Tiefenback <tiefen_at_jlab.org>
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:03:19 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 9 May 1999, Adam L Rice wrote:

> Quoting Kai.Grossjohann_at_CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai.Grossjohann_at_CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE):
> > But maybe these `download status' windows aren't transient.
>
> AFAIK, they aren't. Try the following simple experiment: start a download,
> then close all other windows. The download continues until the end, then the
> program exits. I don't think it would do that if the download window was a
> transient.
>
> > Whatcha think?
>
> In my opinion, on the closure of a transient, if fvwm can't deduce the new
> focus from the mouse position[1], it should move to the parent of the
> transient. This will occasionally do "the wrong thing" for people with
> click-to-focus on and auto-raise off, but it serves them right for mixing
> their metaphors.
>
>
> [1] ie. ClickToFocus is on, or SloppyFocus is on and the mouse pointer is
> over the root window.

I've not been following this dialogue carefully, and I think I have heard
the answer I would give to this issue. But I'll say it explicitly in case
I am wrong:

The focus change should only happen if the "transient" window is the one
which already _has_ the focus. If it doesn't then no refocus should
occur. None of the issues I have noticed being discussed would be
answered wrongly with this.

Michael Tiefenback

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Received on Sat May 08 1999 - 20:04:34 BST

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