Tuomo, thanks for your answer even though this is very sad news :(
Focus changes are the most annoying thing to do and I don't understand why software developers do that... Anyway... Regards Peter On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-08-19, Peter Romianowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would be great if I could just disable the focus request. Is this > > possible? I already searched the web, the documentation and the > > newsgroups for hours and hours but could not find a hint. > > Unfortunately, focus change is not a "request", unlike geometry > change. Geometry changes get forwarded for the WM to act upon, and > according to the ICCCM, it can do as it pleases, and the app must not > fight back. (Many do, these days!) Focus change messages are acted > upon by the server, and are honoured when they can be (i.e. the > window is visible, no active grabs, and so). AFAIK ICCCM does not > discuss whether the WM is allowed to overrule such changes by > switching focus back. >
