Suggestions: Drag Highlighted Text, Focus & Raise Window on Drag only

[Olivier Fourdan]

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robin wrote:

> Currently xfwm4 has the following options:
> 1. 'Click to focus' OR 'Focus follows mouse'
> 2. 'Automatically raise windows when they received focus'
> 3. 'Raise window when clicking inside application window'
> 
> They are in Settings > Settings Manager > Window Manager > Focus
> 
> My suggestion should work regardless of the top 3 options. So there should  
> be an extra section solely for 'dragging' where you can set window 'raise'  
> (and maybe 'focus').
> 
> Currently, 'Focus follows mouse' & 'Automatically raise windows when they  
> received focus' does not work when dragging something from window to  
> window. Besides I think people generally use 'Click to focus' right? In  
> any case, neither option works when dragging.
> 
> Good points? Tell me what you think.

I don't think it's doable because when you drag an item, the pointer is
grabbed, and the window manager doesn't receive enter/leave events that
drive focus follow mouse...

Cheers,
Olivier.
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