[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 286] Changing workspace does not give focus to an app

[James Golden a.k.a. Chibi]

Olivier Fourdan wrote:

>Hi Jasper,
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>On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 10:29 +0100, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
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>>>- Remove the layer option
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>>Some people seemed to be rather attached to this options ;-)
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>Well, for consistency, having a dock window not being placed on the dock
>layer would be a bug. Plus, I can't tell how window managers would treat
>that special case anyway.
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>So if the panel is turned into a dock, the "always on top" option has to
>go.
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>>>- Always apply struts (or partial struts to be precise)
>>>- Make transparency optional (<== that one is a problem for the translation freeze)
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>>We could remove the transparency, or perhaps add a command-line option.Or we could decide it's a nice enough feature to break the freeze.
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I think sneaking in the compositor so quickly before the freeze wasn't 
the best idea, either.. Of course, there's always the option to not use 
it, as it's expirimental. ^.~

>I still think it's a nice feature, especially if the panel is a dock
>(always placed on top) - YMMV though.
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>Cheers,
>Olivier.
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-Chibi