On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 6:11 AM, Dominik Vogt <dominik.v...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 05:37:45AM -0700, Jaimos Skriletz wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:11 AM, Dominik Vogt <dominik.v...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 09:12:50PM -0700, Jaimos Skriletz wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 8:49 PM, Dominik Vogt <dominik.v...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> >> > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 08:24:07PM -0700, Jaimos Skriletz wrote:
>> >> >> Hello,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This was reported by a Debian user. Please retain the CC to
>> >> >> 802604-forwar...@bugs.debian.org in your response, so that
>> >> >> the Debian BTS has a record.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In short if the mouse cursor is over the root window and hidden with
>> >> >> unclutter, when switching pages (and maybe desks), focus is not given
>> >> >> to the window under the pointer.
>> >> >
>> >> > Works fine for me.  I'd need a precise description + config file
>> >> > to test this.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Using SloppyFocus with a 2x2 grid of pages with the default config and
>> >> the following two key bindings
>> >>
>> >> Key Right A CM Scroll 100 0
>> >> Key Left A CM Scroll -100 0
>> >>
>> >> I then run unclutter to hide the mouse after being idle for a second:
>> >>
>> >> unclutter -idle 1 -root
>> >>
>> >> I move the mouse over the root window and wait for it to be hidden.
>> >> Once it is hidden
>> >> I use the key binding to switch to a new page. After I switch to the
>> >> page focus is kept
>> >> on the window in the old page and is not transferred.
>> >
>> > Still does not happen for me.  With unclutter 8-18 (Debian):
>> >
>> >  * Start fvwm with default config.
>> >  * Open two Xterms from the menu (left side of screen).
>> >  * Open FvwmConsole and move it to the bottom right corner.
>> >  * Type
>> >      style * sloppyfocus
>> >      Key Right A CM Scroll 100 0
>> >      Key Left A CM Scroll -100 0
>> >    in FvwmConsole.
>> >  * Run "unclutter -idle 1 -root" from one of the Xterms.
>> >  * Press ctrl-alt-right to switch to page (1 0).
>> >  * (Optional: open an Xterm there and close it to take away the
>> >    focus from any window on (0 0).)
>> >  * Move the pointer roughly to the middle of the FvwmConsole
>> >    window.
>> >  * Press ctrl-alt-left to switch to page (0 0).
>> >  => The pointer ends up over FvwmConsole which gets the focus.
>> >
>>
>> These steps work for me.
>
> "Work" = "the window does not get focus"?
>

Yes work, as in reproduces the issue.

>> I tried with various versions of the optional
>> step, though in my tests I left the xterm around, but this did not
>> seem to matter, Leaving the xterm or not did not change the result.
>
> Neither for me.
>
>> Unsure how else to describe it as those steps cause this to happen,
>> just tested again in a VM and have attached screen shots to show how
>> the focus is right before and right after I switch pages. In the
>> before picture the mouse is in the bottom right corner over the root
>> window near the panel (but not over it) and unclutter has hidden the
>> mouse.
>>
>> Only other thing I note, as soon as I move the mouse, focus is then
>> given to the window under the mouse, but until then it remains on the
>> window on the previous page.
>
> You probably have a different version of unclutter.  In the past,
> there was some change of the method it uses to hide the pointer.
> his may well play a role here.  Can you find out which version you
> have?  I guess it's something that should be fixed in unclutter if
> it's still an issue with the latest version.
>

Using the version from Debian stretch, 8-20.

I downgraded to the wheezy version, 8-18 that you reported to use, and
no longer can reproduce this bug. So it is something with a change in
unclutter. I will reassign the bug to unclutter.

Thanks for the help.

jaimos

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