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

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Hi Jasper,
> 
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 10:29 +0100, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> 
>>>- Remove the layer option
>>
>>Some people seemed to be rather attached to this options ;-)
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> So if the panel is turned into a dock, the "always on top" option has to
> go.

Ok. I think it is worth it for the improved focus handling.

> 
> 
>>>- Always apply struts (or partial struts to be precise)
>>>- Make transparency optional (<== that one is a problem for the translation freeze)
>>>
>>
>>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.
> 
> 
> I still think it's a nice feature, especially if the panel is a dock
> (always placed on top) - YMMV though.
> 

I love the feature. How about I do the same as xfwm4: use it when 
support is available and add a --disable-composite run-time argument?

No GUI option because of the freeze. Add option for 4.2.1.

Any other developer have a (strong) opinion on this?

	Jasper