Re: fvwm question: can I make transients take focus?
Brian White wrote:
>
> Is there any way under fvwm2 to make all transient windows automatically get
> focus when they appear? It would be much more convienient than having to
> move the mouse to that window.
>
If you have any windows that pop up automatically, like calander
reminders, error windows, etcetera, this can be a *very* undesirable
feature. For myself, being stuck with using NT on a daily basis, such
windows (like crashing applications :) pop up and steal the focus
quite often.
The problem is that if this happens *as* I'm typing or clicking a
mouse button, the new window gets the event and just might disappear
before I get a chance to read it! "Hmmm, I hope that wasn't too
important..." Who knows what I just denied or agreed to! Other
times, applications might be launched and I suddenly find myself in
the middle of another program with no idea how I got there. At best,
the machine just beeps at me several times.
What I wouldn't give to have genuine sloppy focus in every GUI. (BTW,
setting the ActiveWindowTracking resource in NT doesn't prevent this
problem - you have to move the mouse to get the focus *back* to the
window you were in once the transient appears.)
My 2 cents,
Keith
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