[xfwm4] focus problems introduced in RCs

[Alexander Toresson]

On 11/27/06, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
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> Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I've now reverted to the the previous behavior, which is the one you
> expect. I have no strong opinion on what is best. We'll see :)
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier.

Just out of curiousity, what are the two differering methods?

Regards, Alexander Toresson