Re: focus problem

[Yen-Ju Chen]

On 8/22/07, Yen-Ju Chen <yjchenx@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/22/07, Andreas Höschler <ahoesch@smartsoft.de> wrote:
> > Hi Yen-Ju,
> >
> > > As I said, the first half of the issue is that GNUstep cannot find the
> > > focused window while it is unmapped. So it deactivates itself.
> > > This patch transfers the focus to another window in the
> > > same GNUstep application before it is unmapped,
> > > therefore, fixes the problem.
> > >
> > > The second half of the problem is that after the unmapping,
> > > window manager tends to actively find another window to focus on,
> > > therefore, even GNUstep transfers the focus, it still loses it.
> > > So there is nothing GNUstep can do about it.
> > > It has to be fixed on window manager.
> > >
> > > This patch works for me, but may need to improvement.
> >
> > Thanks for working on this!
> >
> > After applying your patch I can no longer switch between applications
> > via clicking on application windows. The clicked window is not put to
> > foreground!? :-(

  O.K. I can see why it happens. It's another racing issue. :(
  Well, the patch may need to move to up stream.

  Yen-Ju

>
> Do you have latest Azalea from -trunk ?
> There are a few changes on it to match what GNUstep does.
> I have no problem switching application by clicking on their windows.
> But I will run it for a while to see.
> Fixing such bug has a side-effect that it may introduce another one.  :(
>
> I am pretty sure that the problem is as I described.
> But the fix may not be totally correct.
> And it doesn't fix the loss of focus during minimization.
> I am also not sure whether it will break on WindowMaker.
>
> Yen-Ju
>
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >    Andreas
> >
> >
> >
>