On 4 Jul 2001 06:33:16 -0700 esteemed zero the hero did hold forth thusly:
> But since Mozilla seems to want to implement everything all by itself,
> it would then need to be able to track z-order of all open windows.
> Clicking a window should bring it to the top, and any window-modal
> dialogs would be on top of that. A window which requests itself to
> focus will no-op. A window that asks that another be given focus, will
> only give _its_ focus. The window being given focus appears above
> window giving focus, and _no other_. This would comply with the
> JavaScript spec, as technically any window which can find another (by
> name or by parent-child association) should be able to give it focus.
> Plus, the user wont get annoyed with windows popping up all over the
> shop.
I entirely agree with these comments.
> For more details, see my comment on bug 88810.
>
> Randall, I would happily have a dig at it. Point me to the right file
> and I'll hack till I drop.
There is not a single file. You would have to download the whole source tree
and go searching/grepping thru the source code for the calls that grab focus.
Since they use keywords that are searchable this should be doable. However,
you have to learn a fair amount about Moz's source code before going and
making changes. Plus, you'd better have a compiler and debugger and first
prove to yourself that you can successfully build Moz.
> BTW, I don't think newsgroup posts (or worse, email) are such a good
> idea for discussing things like this, as they will inevitably be lost
> in the mists of cyberspace by the time the code comes up for review or
> the bug crops up in another guise later on.
Well, the Moz developers and not a few of us who read the bug pages disagree
with you. That is why the Moz developers have complained about the
inappropriateness of these sorts of postings being made in Mozilla.
You may like to communicate in that way. But if the listeners do not like
hearing this sort of stuff that way you are not doing anyone any favors by
continuing to post those sorts of messages into Bugzilla.
> Which is easier,
> a) reading a long bugzilla page,
But a bugzilla page gets loaded many times by the same person.
> or b) trawling through a million newsgroup postings about communist
> imagery in the mozilla banners
> to find important discussions like this?
You can just read the subjects you are interested in.
> Which is why I am posting this message to both this NG, and bug 88810.
Look, the Mozilla developers do not want this kind of posting put in the bug
tracking system. They think it decreases their productivity. I think you
should respect that.
