[xfwm4] focus problems introduced in RCs

[Olivier Fourdan]

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Hi,

Liviu Andronic wrote:
> 
> I have noticed some peculiar behaviour of xfwm4, that was introduced in
> RC1 and RC2.
> 
> First of all, the one linked to emelFM2. emelFM2 allows user to open
> several widgets (if not mistaking terminology) at the same time. For
> example, I can have a file open with the internal viewer, a second one
> with the internal editor, and the find plugin at the same time. And I
> can continue to peacefully browse my folders. However, consider that all
> these windows are open (one would also be enough) and I browse using the
> main window and I decide to open another dialog (create dir, for
> example): when I close this last opened dialog, xfwm4 bugs. Instead of
> giving focus back to the main window (where I was browsing before
> opening the mkdir dialog), it gives it to one of the secondary windows
> (internal viewer, for example). Fluxbox handles correctly this case and
> so did xfwm4 in Beta releases. I was told that Gnome also behaved
> correctly.

Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong behavior here, just a focus
passing policy. xfwm4 has a different focus passing policy, which may
make sense for some apps and may not with others.

> Another peculiarity was introduced in RC2 with respect to Opera. I am
> not sure whether this is xfwm4's or Opera's fault. I access any webpage
> with Opera, and I hit <ctrl>s. The dialog appears. I save the html file
> and at this moment xfwm4 fails to give focus back to Opera. So that when
> the "save as" dialog closes, I am left with focus given to nowhere. Both
> these behaviours make life difficult. I tried to play with Xfce's WM
> Settings and Tweaks, but no luck.


I'm not seeing that in current SVN, it sounds like bug #2561 which, I
believe, is fixed.

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2561

> A third case of strange behaviour is linked again to Opera and a file
> manager (Thunar or emelFM2). To reproduce: open Opera and make sure it
> is shown (as opposed to hidden, in xfwm4 terminology). Open Thunar and
> from Thunar open a certain saved html file. What happens is that Opera
> opens correctly the html file, but receives no focus. Focus continues to
> stay on Thunar's or emelFM2's main window. Once again, I'm not sure
> whether xfwm4 or Opera is to blame here (I have set automatically giving
> focus to new windows). This peculiarity was present when using Xfce 4.2,
> too.

Yes I see what you mean, I've just committed an improvement for that.
The behavior now depends on the focus stealing prevention.

Cheers,
Olivier.
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