Hi Adrian, If I understand you right, "enter-exit" is not "sloppy" but the classic "strict" focus-follows mouse. And yes, the autoraise behavior is a additional nuisance.
Torsten On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Adrian Robert wrote: > > I'm using WindowMaker on Debian with sloppy focus. That leads to the > > problem, that the application menu vanishes if I cross another window > > on > > my way from the app window to the menu. The only app that differs is > > I've also been having focus problems with GNUstep apps. I had thought > maybe the problem was I'm using sawfish and switching to windowmaker > would fix it but I guess not! > > Specifically: > > In "sloppy" focus mode (sawfish calls it "enter-exit"), my app menu > will disappear once I leave the app main window. If I set "enter-only" > focus, I can keep the menu there if I stay only on the root window with > the mouse after leaving the main window. In either case, I also get > auto-raise behavior (which I don't want) for application main windows, > which sometimes interacts badly with (I guess) sawfish, causing > flashing back and forth between windows when they overlap. > > If I switch to "click to focus" mode, my app menu will stay there, but > it does not respond to mouse clicks. (I think they are always > interpreted as "focus" clicks and not being passed to the app.) > > I am wondering: > > - Is there any way to disable the "autoraise" feature (which is usually > something managed by the window manager anyway, not the app)? > > - Is there any way to cause the app menus to be mapped as transient > dialogs (or whatever they are called in X-speak) that do NOT disappear > if their parent window loses focus? > > I am hoping that the answer to all of this is not, "You MUST use > click-to-focus mode and pass-first-click-to-application in order to use > GNUstep."... > > tia, > Adrian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnustep mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnustep > > _______________________________________________ Help-gnustep mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnustep
