Re: FVWM: 2.5.1 under GNOME: Can't bind mouse buttons 1 and 3 on root window

From: Francis Litterio <franl_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 12:26:05 -0400

Mikhael wrote:

> On 14 May 2002 13:55:12 -0400, Francis Litterio wrote:
>
> > I'm using FVWM 2.5.1 under GNOME on Red Hat 7.2, and I have the
> > following two mouse binding commands in my .fvwm2rc file:
> >
> > Mouse 1 R N Popup RootMenu Nop
> > Mouse 3 R N WindowList OnlyIcons, UseIconName
> >
> > But mouse button 1 on the root window is handled by Gnome (for selecting
> > desktop icons), and mouse button 3 on the root window pops up the Gnome
> > desktop menu. The FVWM commands shown above do not execute. This
> > happens regardless of which modifiers I specify -- GNOME gets all mouse
> > 1 and mouse 3 events. I can bind mouse button 2 to an FVWM command
> > without a problem.
> >
> > If I run FVWM without GNOME, I have no problem with those two bindings.

> Which program handles your windows-like shortcut desktop icons?

I believe it is Nautilus under Red Hat 7.2 running GNOME. Since I
posted my original problem report, I have discovered that if I launch
Nautilus, open its Preferences dialog, go to the "Windows & Desktop"
tab, and uncheck "Use Nautilus to draw the desktop", this problem goes
away.

I'm not sure this is an FVWM problem. Nautilus appears to have been
"stealing" root mouse events.

> I can't reproduce this with gmc-4.5.54 when no GnomeButton is specified,
> i.e. FVWM gets every root mouse event.

I do not have gmc running.
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