On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 10:50:48AM +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:57:17AM +0100, fvwm-workers wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 09:07:51PM +0100, Olivier Chapuis wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:23:37AM -0600, FVWM CVS wrote: > > > > CVSROOT: /home/cvs/fvwm > > > > Module name: fvwm > > > > Changes by: domivogt 01/12/13 03:23:37 > > > > > > > > Modified files: > > > > . : NEWS > > > > modules : ChangeLog > > > > modules/FvwmButtons: FvwmButtons.c > > > > > > > > Log message: > > > > * Actions can be bound to windows swallowed in FvwmButtons. > > > > > > Hello, > > > It seems to me that there a problem here. Say that > > > we have a *shaped* application that you sallow in a > > > FvwmButtons and that app needs buttons click (as a > > > mini cd player). With the old code, as the application > > > is shaped you can define FvwmButtons Actions that are > > > executed when you click on the FvwmButtons button > > > that swallow the app but "out of the mask" and the > > > click on the swallowed app is still passed to the > > > app. > > > With the new code this does not work any more, as > > > the mouse buttons are grabbed, a mouse click never > > > goes to the swallowed app and the FvwmButtons Actions > > > is always executed. > > > I see two solutions: > > > 1) do not grab the mouse buttons in the case of > > > the swallowed app is shaped. > > > 2) add a new action command: GrabedAction which do > > > what the new code do and keep the old code for the > > > Action. > > > > 3) Pass the click to the application despite of the click. > > Is that a real or a theoretical problem? I can't find any shaped > application I might want to swallow in FvwmButtons that does > something with mouse clicks. >
It is a real problem: I discover this because I used such app (with action defined when I click on the shapped part): There are a lot of Window Maker and AfterStep applet which needs mouse click and which have shape. I do not think it is difficult to add a GrabedAction command. I can add it if you want. Olivier -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
