On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 11:27:05AM -0500, Michael Urman wrote: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 11:53:04AM +0100, Simon Huggins wrote: > > I can't actually reproduce this consistently but I do care because *I* > > use focus follows mouse all the time and often switch between two > > workspaces. I'm sure I /have/ seen it in the past but I wonder if that > > was only when I was using 4.0.x > Since then I've been too annoyed by the problem and have retreated to > using Metacity. Somehow it has no problems with the desktop-changing > focus problems. Instead it likes to focus any new window whether > transient or not, related to the focused window or not. I don't like > that behavior, but it bothers me less. Interestingly on desktop switch > while xfwm4 will appear to draw the windows in a random order, > metacity will draw the window under the cursor first. For all I know > this allows it to catch a window-leave event that xfwm4 misses.
> > Can you reproduce it consistently? If so can you screenshot what you > > have on both windows and put an X where your mouse pointer was so I can > > try and reproduce this. > If you can't reproduce it from my description I don't think a > screenshot is going to help. The only thing it would tell you that I > haven't before is my desktop size of 1600x1200. I run into it > consistently switching between the two following ascii diagrammed > desktop layouts: > #1 #2 > .-====--====--====-. .-====----========-. GT = multi-gnome-terminal > || || || || || |-.| || GV = gvim > || GT || GT || GV || || GT | || FF || BL = gaim buddy list > || || || m || || | || m || IM = gaim > |`----'`----'`----'| |`----' || || QL = quodlibet > | | | | `----'`--------'| FF = firefox > |BL|,-------.,----.| | ,---------.| P = pan > | || IM || QL || | | P || Nautilus root window > | || || || | | || Gnome Panel along left > `==--=======--====-' `--------=========-' m = mouse cursor position > For example my mouse will be over FF on #2 (located over GV on #1). I > hear a message from IM so I want to switch to it. I'll hit my desktop > switch key (Control-1) and start moving the mouse to be over IM. The > desktop #2 has disappeared by the time I start my motion, but #1 is > just beginning to draw. I complete my motion and the desktop completes > its redraw, and GV has focus despite my pointer being over IM. > I'm pretty sure I was able to reproduce this with just two multi-gnome > terminals on one desktop (the other empty), but I'm not about to > reverify that. Hmm, see if I could reproduce it consistently then we would have fixed it by now. I very occasionally see focus issues but generally it works and especially when I just spend time flipping from one to another. Maybe it's a race condition and your computer takes a long time to redraw. Is that possible? > > Running 4.2.2 would be useful too. > At this point I think I'm just going to live with Metacity until I > find something better. At this point it's clear that either the xfwm4 > team is unaware of or is uncapable of or uninterested in addressing > this behavior (my bet is unaware) and either way I'm not about to be > satisfied. Well I haven't reported it upstream as I've not been able to reproduce it consistently myself. I have seen occasional odd focussing but nothing I can reproduce all the time. That's the barrier to fixing it at the moment I'm afraid. Simon. -- Just another wannabie | "I get mail; therefore I am." | Just another fool ----------------------+ - Dilbert +------------------- This message was brought to you by the letter I and the number 6. htag.pl 0.0.22 -- http://www.earth.li/projectpurple/progs/htag.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
