Alt-Tab was never disabled in the main window, I used to just configure a special user login which had access to no applications (due to the fact it was a mini-window manager) and ran the POS application on login; logged out when the terminal was closed. Disabling alt-tab in this case was not necessary.
Again, I really think this is a window manager issue. Maybe try different managers and see if you have different results?
Andrew On Dec 28, 2006, at 4:16 AM, Daniel P wrote:
David,I can understand than the POS screen is a modal window by design in order to avoid employees accessing other applications. However, note that the BIG issue here is that in Linux, POS Alert messages boxes are displayed behind the main screen, so you cannot close them, and so the application is blocked (this only happens to me in Linux, not windows, it doesn't seem a design issue.).Let's hope Jacques, Andy or others can give me a clue with this ;) Daniel David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: I'm pretty sure this is a feature rather than a bug... ;) In most POS environments you don't want employees exiting the application and fooling around with the system. Of course, it's probably not hard to turn off that option, perhaps even in one of the XUI files. Hopefully Jacques or Andy or someone with more POS experience can chime in on that particular. -David On Dec 28, 2006, at 1:21 AM, Daniel P wrote:Hi, I am experiencing a big issue using OFBiz Point-Of-Sale application over Linux (Debian Etch) with Java JDK 1.5.0.x The problem is that the POS main screen behaves like a modal blocking window in Linux. Once the main screen is displayed, you cannot switch to another window of the system with Alt+Tab. What is worst, when the application tries to display an "Alert message" (like for example "Product Not Found" when you press SKU) the alert is actually presented behind the main screen, instead of on top of it. So, you cannot accept the message and you can neither do anything with the main screen: the application is blocked. Then I have to log in with a different TTY and kill the java process. This behaviour is not reproduced over Windows XP with the same Java JDK: you can swith to other application with Alt+Tab and alert messages are properly displayed in top. I just wanted to ask if anyone has tried POS over Linux and experienced such a problem. I'm a newbie to OFBiz and maybe I am doing something wrong. Otherwise, this is a big issue that has to be put in Jira. BTW, should I put the issue in Jira myself or is it restricted to developers ? Please advice, Daniel. ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com--------------------------------- LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com
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