Re: FVWM: WindowList order across multiple desktops

[Thomas Adam]

On 19 December 2015 at 22:26,   wrote:
> back to a desktop with more than 1 window the window list is adjusted
> such that focus toggling is reset to the more recently focused windows
> on that desktop.

So you can either look at:

FPSortWindowlistByFocus

Or, for your WindowListFunc, don't use FlipFocus (which reorders the
window list), and instead use 'Focus' which does not.  The man page
has the default definition for WindowListFuncm should you need it.

Merry Christmas.

-- Thomas Adam

FVWM: WindowList order across multiple desktops

[lists-fvwm]

I have the following in my .fvwmrc file for Alt-Tab switching behavior.

Key Tab A M WindowList Root c c CurrentAtEnd,NoDeskSort

I'd like Alt-Tab to switch focus between the 2 most recently focused
windows regardless of the desktop on which they reside.

This works as long as I remain on a single desktop.

I have 2 windows on desktop 1 (window-a, window-b) and one window on
desktop 2 (window-c) I can't seem to get the behavior such that alt-tab
will toggle focus between window-b and window-c. Once focus is switched
back to a desktop with more than 1 window the window list is adjusted
such that focus toggling is reset to the more recently focused windows
on that desktop.

Fvwm version: 2.6.5
SloppyFocus is applied to all windows.
I have not overridden WindowListFunc.

How can I get "standard" alt-tab behavior to work for windows across
all desktops?

Thanks,
Wayne

Re: FVWM: WindowList order across multiple desktops

[lists-fvwm]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:14:54PM +, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On 19 December 2015 at 23:02,   wrote:
> > However after testing it, it still doesn't work.
> 
> It works fine for me.
> 
> Thomas
> 

Are you using Version 2.6.5 or something newer?

Are you testing the specific switching behavior that I'm seeking,
alt-tab switching between windows on different desktops? Within a
single desktop it definitely works for me.

A few of the Fvwm* styles were set to ClickToFocus in the fvwmrc that
I started with so I removed those styles just in case they might have
been causing issues but that didn't fix it either.

I could post my fvwmrc file if you'd be willing to test with it or
perhaps examine it for what I might be missing if you think that
would help.

Thanks,
Wayne

Re: FVWM: WindowList order across multiple desktops

[Thomas Adam]

On 19 December 2015 at 23:02,   wrote:
> However after testing it, it still doesn't work.

It works fine for me.

Thomas

Re: FVWM: WindowList order across multiple desktops

[lists-fvwm]

Thank you for the reply Thomas.

I had already tried to use Focus vs FlipFocus in WindowListFunc before
posting to the list. I didn't notice the FPSortWindowlistByFocus style
though.

However after testing it, it still doesn't work.

The last thing I tried was to use ClickToFocus vs SloppyFocus and that
works as expected. However I really like SloppyFocus so I'd prefer
to get it working like that if it's possible.

Thanks again,
Wayne

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:38:50PM +, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On 19 December 2015 at 22:26,   wrote:
> > back to a desktop with more than 1 window the window list is adjusted
> > such that focus toggling is reset to the more recently focused windows
> > on that desktop.
> 
> So you can either look at:
> 
> FPSortWindowlistByFocus
> 
> Or, for your WindowListFunc, don't use FlipFocus (which reorders the
> window list), and instead use 'Focus' which does not.  The man page
> has the default definition for WindowListFuncm should you need it.
> 
> Merry Christmas.
> 
> -- Thomas Adam
>