If by raising the window you mean the window gaining focus - that is probably one of the things that keep catching me out whenever I use the OpenSolaris desktop.
But then all the rest of my time I am using Windows - so I guess one can weight this against the importance of making the user feels familiar. Alex. P.S. Not to mention the broken state of b118 - I simply can't work out the cyptic actions I need to take to focus on a window. I guess I'll just wait patiently for b124... On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Bob Doolittle <Robert.Doolittle at sun.com> wrote: > Simply put, Calum, there are already plenty of semantics available for > raising a window: > - Clicking on titlebar > - Front key binding > > We don't need the additional semantics of "click anywhere in window", and > those additional semantics get in the way of using other mouse-based > semantics such as copy/paste, click&drag, etc etc when you use > partially-obscured windows. > > -Bob > > Calum Benson wrote: >> >> On 15 Sep 2009, at 13:39, Bob Doolittle wrote: >> >>> Frank Middleton wrote: >>>> >>>> Maybe I missed a configuration option, but how about not bringing >>>> windows to the front unless you hit the front key or click on the >>>> title bar? If you are copying and pasting from one window to another >>>> it used to be easier because you could keep the source window on top. >>> >>> +1 * 1000 >>> >>> It's *so* annoying trying to drag a message from thunderbird inbox window >>> (which I normally have maximized in its own workspace) into a compose window >>> attachment when every time I click the inbox window it jumps to the front >>> and obscures my compose window. >> >> See >> <http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/09/yes-dragon-drop-its-a-pun/> for >> some background to this long-standing issue. >> >>> Also, why isn't "Lower" an available titlebar right-click menu option? >> >> I'd guess simply because not enough people (in the wider GNOME community) >> use Raise and Lower to merit inclusion on the menu... if enough people >> complain, there's more chance of it appearing. We could also consider doing >> a local patch just for OpenSolaris, if there's sufficient demand (but we >> prefer not to do that kind of thing). >> >> You can at least set up separate keyboard shortcuts for Raise and Lower in >> the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog, if you wish -- by default, we only set one >> for "Raise if obscured, otherwise Lower", which is bound to the Front (F15) >> key. >> >> Cheeri, >> Calum. >> > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > -- Ted Turner - "Sports is like a war without the killing." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/ted_turner.html
