Hi,
I use vmware with fvwm 2.5.5, and the MouseFocusClickRaises style. I
just sent this email to the vmware support forum:
I use vmware under a window manager with a focus-follows-mouse
policy. When windows are in front of the vmware window, vmware
won't release the mouse cursor until the mouse moves outside the
boundary of the vmware window, even though there is a window in
front of the vmware window that should receive the focus. This
only happens when the cursor has been grabbed by vmware (it's the
arrow, not the hand).
In these cases, the cursor disappears behind the window in front,
resulting in confusing behavior. I expect that when the pointer
moves from vmware to a window that partially obscures the vmware
window, the focus should transfer to the window in front. However
vmware retains the focus until the pointer exits the vmware window,
at which point focus switches to the window beneath the cursor.
I have seen this problem with both fvwm (version 2.5.5) and sawfish
(version 1.2) window managers.
Normally I would categorize this as a vmware bug, but in some cases fvwm
is also at fault. Sometimes, even though I move the mouse outside the
vmware window, focus doesn't transfer to the window on top, but rather
remains inside the vmware window. So I can get into a situation, where
the focus is in one window, but my cursor is quite obviously in a
different window.
Unfortunately, it only happens sometimes. But it happens dozens of
times a day, and it gets to be rather annoying.
Any ideas? Has this been fixed in a newer version of fvwm?
--Tessa
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Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 18:13:27 BST