On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 00:19:28 +0200 Benoît-Pierre Demaine <ben...@demaine.info> said:
> * focus: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BS-HXiKLVZoj0x5pMyzq-cquBzgPxjek/view?usp=sharing waaait - what version of e is that? > I had not catched this detail before, because I always move mouse > directly over mutually recovering windows, but, if I pass out of > decoration, over the background, then, the bug does not occur. > > The bug is not specific to those terms; also happens with Thunderbird > composition, Firefox ... > > Systematic, 100% repro. i'm trying to reproduce - i can't... :( > * mouse lost in void > > Very rare; a few times a month. > > Ticked the disable option; will see. > > On 05/04/2023 18:47, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 16:40:57 +0200 Benoît-Pierre Demaine > > <ben...@demaine.info> said: > > > >> Hello. I am not going to stay subscribed to this ML after my issue is > >> solved. > >> > >> Using E17 since ... almost 17 or 18y ? and I had always set it to select > >> window under the pointer. Always worked fine, whatever the monitor count. > >> > >> Since my last installation (december 2021) there is an edge case where > >> it does not. When I have several monitors, windows belongs to right > >> monitor, extended to both, covers a windows on left monitor, and move > >> cursor from the pure left window, to the win that covers both monitor. > >> > >> In this specific case, the larg window is selected for an instant, then > >> loses focus. This is ennoying because to focus the win, I can't just > >> move the cursor 100 pixels, I have to move it to the other monitor ... > >> far far far away. This prevents me using small touchpad/trackpoint for > >> focus change. > >> > >> Is it a bug, or a configuration issue ? How to fix ? > > this smells like a bug but i'd like to see a video of it to be sure. > > > >> *** > >> > >> I also happen to loose the cursor from time to time; that bug had been > >> existing 15y ago for window placement and window move, and a specific > >> feature had been added to fix it "window recovery"; the feature had been > >> later removed because the core code became solid enough to never let the > >> issue happen again. But now, I have it with the cursor: > >> > >> when monitors don't have the same size, it may happen, a few times a > >> day, that moving the cursor from the bigger monitor, to the smaller one, > >> via the "step", traps the cursor into the black zone. Never could find a > >> good repro; and it's pretty hard to liberate the mouse out of the > >> prison. But sometimes, the cursor get trapped outside of the visible > >> space, in the VOID. > > this shouldn't happen - e does set screen boundaries/limits to stop this > > from happening. you could try disable pointer warping/moving in focus > > setting sin case its a pointer warp that does it? > > > >> -- > >> >o_/ DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre (aka DoubleHP) http://benoit.demaine.info/ > >> If computing were an exact science, IT engineers would'nt have work \_o< > >> > >> "So all that's left, Is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf." > >> (FAKE TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO, Arctic Monkeys) > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-users mailing list > >> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > -- > >o_/ DEMAINE Benoît-Pierre (aka DoubleHP) http://benoit.demaine.info/ > If computing were an exact science, IT engineers would'nt have work \_o< > > "So all that's left, Is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf." > (FAKE TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO, Arctic Monkeys) > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
