Well, I adapted the nit_focus to use the window_layout report instead of the clicked report, and it works like a charm.
Thanks for your response! If you want the source to save some work later, I do not mind sharing it. Boris On 08-02-18 17:43, Norman Feske wrote: > Hi Boris, > > On 08.02.2018 16:20, Boris Mulder wrote: >> So we need to have another nit_focus like component (or an extension of >> the existing one) that bases its output on some report generated by the >> layouter. > exactly! The sole purpose of the nit_focus component is to be replaced. > :-) With less than 50 lines of code, it showcases the implementation of > the policy that was formerly built-in in nitpicker. Since I moved this > policy to this external component, we can do anything we want by > replacing it. > >> The layouter should generate a report with the label of the >> current window on top of the stack, and this new component generates the >> focus report accordingly. With rom_filters this can then be integrated >> into the scenario the same way as with nit_focus. Whenever another >> window is put to the front, either by clicking or through the new >> external report, the layouter should update its own report with the top >> window. Then the nit_focus component can update its focus report in turn. > Yes. > >> One option would be using the "focus" report of the layouter together >> with the window_list or window_layout report. >> >> In this case, since the wm lives above the runtime init, the report >> generated by the new nit_focus would need to have a label_prefix >> appended, e.g. the window list reports label "noux -> nit_fb -> " >> whereas nitpicker wants to see "runtime -> wm -> noux -> nit_fb -> ". >> This depends on your scenario so should be configurable. >> >> What do you think of this direction? Worth integrating into Genode? > It is exactly the direction I want to go. The externalized nit_focus > component was just a stepping stone. > > Still, my remark about the nitpicker-focus handover between sessions > holds because such a mechanism is needed regardless of the layouter's / > nit_focus policy, e.g., for implementing dialogs with menus or sub-dialogs. > > Cheers > Norman > -- Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards, Boris Mulder Cyber Security Labs B.V. | Gooimeer 6-31 | 1411 DD Naarden | The Netherlands +31 35 631 3253 (office) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ genode-main mailing list genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/genode-main