> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:42:59AM +0200, Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to open a window without it automatically becoming >> active? >> I see that there are two different calls to map a window: XMapWindow() >> and >> XMapRaised(). However, both calls open the window and make it active. >> Can >> I change this behaviour? I'd like to open a window and prevent it from >> taking away user focus. > > That's really the responsibility of the window manager. Maybe you can > set certain window properties or WM hints to prevent the WM from > giving focus to the new window. Check out EWMH[0].
I already checked out EWMH but I don't see any properties in that specification which could do what I want. But it must be possible to open a window without taking away focus from the currently active window because, for instance, on my openSUSE installation, I often get reminders that new updates are available. These reminders are displayed in a little pop up that opens right above the task bar but does *not* take away the focus. What I'm also wondering is where is the difference between XMapWindow() and XMapRaised()? AFAICS, both calls do exactly the same... Greets, Andreas _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
