--- Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 02:03:40PM -0700, Tim Freedom wrote: > [snip] > > > And the reply was to use, > > > > Style * !RaiseTransient, !LowerTransient, !StackTransientParent > > > > which indeed does work, but not as expected (well not kinda). Here's > > what I think most users would expect. Assume I have a parent window-A > > which overlaps another parent window-B. If in window-A I bring-up a > > transient window and then raise window-A (ie. in essence raise it > > above the transient) all looks fine. Assume then that I move the mouse > > to window-B (having MouseFocus), window-B gets focus -- all great so > > far. Now if I go back to window-A, the transient should come-up instead > > of the parent, no ? In other words, I should be able to lower the > > transient as long as the focus is on the parent, but if the parent > > losses focus, then the transient should raise itself above that parent. > > Let me rephrase (again, just in case), the transient should always be > > on top (raised) unless I specifically lower it (or specifically raise > > its parent), and the transient should stay lowered as long as its > > parent has focus, once that focus is lost from the parent the transient > > should again regain its "raised" status. > > > > I tried the various permutations of the misc. 'Raise' and 'Transient' > > commands and couldn't get it to do what's described. Is it possible ? > > Well, that would confuse and annoy me immensely :-) I'm quite > sure you wouldn't be happy with the automatic raising either. If > you can cope without the automatism, > > Style RaiseTransient, LowerTransient, !StackTransientParent > > should come close enough. When you raise the parent, the > transient will come back up.
I guess what would constitutes annoying is debatable :-) What you note doesn't allow me to lower a transient below its parent and as such its not really what I was after. In short, I take it what I'm asking for is simply not doable, right ? Thanks __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
