Re: FVWM: Icon Titles hidden behind other Icons

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 22:22:26 -0400

Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de> writes:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 05:40:18PM -0700, Patrick Stadler wrote:
> > Hello. I just recently started using FVWM 2.2.2, and I have been trying
> > (unsuccessfully) to find the answers to several questions related to
> > icons.
> >
> > First, is there a way to make the icon title come to the front of the
> > surrounding area when the mouse passes over it? At present, when I pass
> > the mouse over an icon, the icon title will expand to give me the full
> > title, but sometimes will expand behind other icons instead of in front
> > of other icons where I can read it. How can I make it always come to
> > the front without using the Autoraise module.
>
> This feature is not in 2.2.2 but in the current alpha releases (2.3.4 is
> the latest). If you need it urgently you can fetch fvwm-2.3.4 from our
> web site, but be warned that 2.3.4 is not considered stable. It has
> several open problems that may bother you, foremost some debugging
> output on the console. We are planning to get out the next stable release
> (fvwm-2.4) within two months. So if you can wait a little longer...
>
> > Last, every once in a while, an icon will place itself behind another
> > icon, instead of in an open spot. I haven't been able to reproduce this
> > reliably. Its not a problem, though, since I have the WindowList bound
> > to a mouse button, but I just thought you might like to know.
>
> Can you find a fairly reliable way to reproduce this?

Manually move an icon. Fvwm2 stops avoiding it.

I believe this is on purpose, but the motivation for the "feature"
isn't clear to me.

> Dominik ^_^
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