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Bug 133034 - [DnD] Don't grab buttons on globally active windows in click-to-focus mode
[DnD] Don't grab buttons on globally active windows in click-to-focus mode
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks: 133047
 
 
Reported: 2004-01-31 06:38 UTC by Gregory Merchan
Modified: 2007-04-09 18:56 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement

Attachments
Don't grab buttons on globally active windows in click-to-focus mode (670 bytes, patch)
2004-01-31 06:40 UTC, Gregory Merchan 		reviewed Details | Review

Description Gregory Merchan 2004-01-31 06:38:50 UTC 
To allow DnD without raising a window, don't grab buttons on globally active
windows in click-to-focus mode. Patch and explanation coming soon.
Comment 1 Gregory Merchan 2004-01-31 06:40:24 UTC 
Created attachment 23917 [details] [review]
Don't grab buttons on globally active windows in click-to-focus mode
Comment 2 Gregory Merchan 2004-01-31 09:37:22 UTC 
And, yes, this means that no WM_TAKE_FOCUS message will be sent
to globally active windows upon clicks in their client areas.
That's the purpose of this and perhaps I chose the wrong title.

The change in bug #128134 handles raising when appropriate.
See also the other bugs blocking bug #133047 .
Comment 3 Elijah Newren 2007-04-09 18:56:06 UTC 
As per Gregory's comments in bug 76672 and bug 80984, this would require toolkit level changes as well, be incompatible with focus modes other than click-to-focus, and move focus policy from the window manager to applications.  Odds of convincing all toolkit authors to accept such changes are essentially 0 (Lubos already objected on these grounds; see http://mail.gnome.org/archives/wm-spec-list/2004-April/msg00019.html).

Don't raise on DND will instead be tracked in bug 152952 (and gtk bug 154260).