On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:51:30 GMT, Phil Race <[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 ...

@prrace What say you?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17985#issuecomment-1980683967

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