Hello,

I have been noticing a strange difference in window raising behaviour between 
window managers, using XQuartz 2.7.7 . Openbox, xfwm4 and WindowMaker (from 
MacPorts) all raise windows so to speak in the X11 layer. So if a Mac 
application is active and frontmost, clicking on an X11 window will make it 
(and XQuartz) active and raise it w.r.t. the other X11 windows, but will not 
bring that window in front of the active Mac window. That's a severe 
limitation, because it means going to the Dock and clicking on the XQuartz 
icon, or using the AppSwitcher. Worse, even the window manager command to raise 
a window (or make it "always in front") is not enough to bring the window 
forward.

Not so with twm, or the ctwm clone I've been using. With this wm, clicking on 
the window titlebar will bring the window to the front as it should. Clicking 
inside the window doesn't, but then the keyboard shortcut to raise the window 
is enough to complete the action.

Any idea where this difference comes from? Twm and ctwm are probably the most 
archaic in the bunch I just tried, so is there something they aren't doing 
right ... which is actually not-so-right when managing windows on an XQuartz 
server?

Thanks,
René




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