[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000278]: Focus follows mouse gets confused by vmware

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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000278
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Reporter:                   xwolf
Handler:                    
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000278
Category:                   xfwm
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2004-07-27 09:01 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-08-13 16:26 GMT
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Summary:                    Focus follows mouse gets confused by vmware
Description: 
VMware is running (with xp in it) in a window on my xfce desktop. I use
focus follows mouse. When the mouse pointer leaves the vmware window
(quickly) the focus usually stays with the vmware window and i have to
click on some other window to change it. 
vmware grabs the mouse pointer when it enters the window and releases it
as soon as leaves the window, probably it is related to that.
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 olivier - 2004-08-05 07:52 GMT 
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xfwm4 notifies the app that it should get focus, and the app is responsible
of actually setting focus. This might cause some race conds between the
apps themselves, but that's the standard correct behaviour AFAICT.

I don't think it's a bug in xfce, and I don't think it's avoidable.

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 xwolf - 2004-08-13 16:26 GMT 
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i can't tell if its a bug, but it can be rather annoying :)
and on the other hand, no other wm i have tried (kwin, sawfish, metacity,
windowmaker, enlightenment, and yes i did try them) shows this behaviour.
I would blame vmware's handling of focus, but as i said, the other wms
handle it more gracefully.
so it might be avoidable.