On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:58:18 GMT, Maxim Kartashev <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> XToolkit implements `toFront()` essentially by sending the  
> `_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW` message to activate the window. This has no effect when 
> the target window is in the iconified state. So the fix is to cancel that 
> state prior to sending the message.
> 
> The test verifies that the fix works for maximized and undecorated frames as 
> well out of abundance of caution; they do not represent a special case from 
> the `toFront()` standpoint.
> 
> References
> * `_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW`: 
> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/1.3/ar01s03.html
> * [Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual, 4.1.4. Changing Window 
> State](https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-4.html#s-4.1.4)

Looks reasonable to me. I'm a bit surprised this hasn't come up before.

On Mac I see that we already do this properly, I presume this is also the case 
on Windows, so the test will pass on all platforms ?

I think we should submit a test job ...

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17985#issuecomment-1962049093

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