Re: Menu placement

[Gregory John Casamento]

Torsten,

This should be made into a FAQ, because it seems to come up periodically...

The basic problem is that the idea of sloppy focus is incompatible with the
OpenStep paradigm.  The menu of an application is only visible while that
application is "in-focus" i.e. while one of it's windows is key window or main
window. :)

That's why there is no such thing as sloppy focus on Mac OS X (maybe for
certain apps windows, but not universally) or OPENSTEP4.2/Mach. :)

GJC

--- Torsten Sadowski <moehl@akaflieg.extern.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using WindowMaker on Debian with sloppy focus. That leads to the
> problem, that the application menu vanishes if I cross another window on
> my way from the app window to the menu. The only app that differs is
> FSViewer which places the menu always to the left of the window. Is this
> an option that can be forced somewhere or must it set at compilation?
> 
> Thanks for any enlightenment on the topic,
> Torsten
> 
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