Bug#296487: ssh-askpass-gnome: Obscured ssh-askpass dialog

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 06:46:57PM +0000, Liyang HU wrote:
> Package: ssh-askpass-gnome
> Version: 1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi Matthew,
> 
> I add my keys to ssh-agent with ssh-add -c. If I'm in the process of
> switching between windows when ssh invokes ssh-askpass obtain permission
> to use my keyring, the ssh-askpass dialog might end up being placed
> under some other window. Since it grabs the keyboard (and optionally the
> mouse) it's difficult or impossible to switch focus back to the window;
> although keypresses do go to it, I have to do it blindly, as it were.
> 
> Here's a one-line patch to make the ssh-askpass dialog box stay above
> other windows (at least, for the GTK2 version. It doesn't look possible
> with GTK1...?), which circumvents this occassionally annoying issue.

Thanks for the patch! I've checked this into CVS.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]