Re: X focus problems - was Re: Release of GUI Libraries

[Chris B . Vetter]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:44:29 +0100
"Philippe C.D. Robert" <phr@3dkit.org> wrote:
> I have some problems when using GNUstep and WM in sloopy mode. Whenever
> ie. a panel has been closed and therefore the GNUstep app lost focus, the
> panel always reappears when the GNUstep app again becomes active. 

Occasionally I see that one too, even in point-to-focus mode.

> Another thing is that when I open an open panel I still can access menu
> entries, ie. when click on 'open palettes' in Gorm I still can open the
> inspector etc. 
> Doing these nasty focus games GNUstep apps generally get a little
> 'confused' and do not behave properly anymore, ie. when a window is active
> it does not handle inputs (ie. mouse clicks) properly etc.

When you start ProjectCenter and click on <project>.gorm to start Gorm,
I get both applications' menus on top of each other - very confusing.
Occasionally that also happens, when you start two different apps "by
hand" from xterm or WM's "Run..." entry.

Also, when you hide an application from it's menu entry, WM doesn't
always give the focus back to the last opened application.

eg. start xterm, type "openapp <application>.app", click Hide
Now xterm should be focus'd again, but isn't always. Clicking inside
xterm will also NOT focus it, only a click on it's title bar will.

WM is configured to "let applications receive the click used to focus
windows", "Automatically focus new windows" is turned off.
(in WMPrefs.app, Window Focus Preferences)

> I use the latest CVS code on RH 7.2, WM 0.7, XFree86 4.1 on x86.

Any CVS, WM 0.8 (first saw that in WM 0.6.5), XFree86 3.3.6 on x86.

-- 
Chris