the window manager can intervene to catch more or less any key combinations the user has told it to be interested in. if the user told it use Alt-Tab for focus switching, it will catch that. you can't stop it.
On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Igor Korot <ikoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Paul, > > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Paul Davis <p...@linuxaudiosystems.com> > wrote: > > If there is a window manager (and there just about always is), you can't > > stop it from doing what it is configured to do. You're just an > application, > > and it takes higher priority managing window events than you. > > Yes, we are using FVWM as WM. > I got a suggestion to write a function for this WM to stop the > Terminal to appear > when our Lock Screen is active, but here no one is familiar enough with > this WM > to write such a function. > > And I guess a different route is just not possible. > > And I would also guess that even if I put the "stay on top" flag, > pressing the ALT+TAB will > definitely switch the focus. Am I correct? > > Thank you. > > > > > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Igor Korot <ikoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, ALL, > >> Is it possible to catch the ALT+TAB when one particular window is > >> displayed and do nothing, i.e. not switch to a different window? > >> > >> We have a program which displays a full sized window without the > >> title. Its role is to Lock screen" - user should not be able to do > >> anything until (s)he supplies password and hit the "Authenticate" > >> button. > >> problem is that t is possible to hit "ALT+TAB" and switch the focus to > >> the window below it (such as Terminal) and type something. > >> > >> We also can't use the lock screen window because of some other issues. > >> > >> So is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing for one specific > window? > >> > >> On the side note - is there a better list (with more traffic) where I > >> can post question like this? Or this list is still good and > >> operational? > >> > >> Thank you. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gtk-list mailing list > >> gtk-list@gnome.org > >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > > >
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