Re: FVWM: changing focus with the pager

From: Rob 'Feztaa' Park <feztaa_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:21:42 -0600

Alas! Mikhael Goikhman spake thus:
> On 16 Jul 2002 11:50:24 -0400, Bob Krovetz wrote:
> > I used to use fvwm and when I clicked on a window in the pager, it would not
> > only switch to the desktop in which that window appears, that window would
> > also get the focus. I'm now using fvwm2, and when I do the same thing I
> > still switch to the desktop, but the focus does not change until I click
> > on that window. Can anyone tell me what I need to do in order to have the
> > focus change when I click on a window in the pager?
>
> I think that currently the only way to achieve what you want is to click
> on a mini window in the pager twice, once using the mouse button 1 and
> then (without moving a pointer) using the mouse button 2.
>
> Maybe sometimes clicks in the pager will be configurable.

Or, he could turn on SloppyFocus for the pager, like this:

*FvwmPager: SloppyFocus

Then, whatever window is under the mouse in the pager will become
focused. Clicking to another desktop would take him there, and the
window he clicked on would be focused. That might be more what he wants,
no? ;)

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Received on Tue Jul 16 2002 - 14:15:01 BST

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