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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    KWin & Kicker & focus
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-05-30 1:32:49
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Hiya,

I tried to solve the problem of  going to another desktop and back and still 
having focus in the same window. This sort of works as long as you don't use 
kicker or kdesktop:

* When you use kicker to switch desktops, kicker will get focus before 
switching... so when you switch back kicker will get the focus back. This is 
not what you want.

* When you switch to a desktop with no windows, kdesktop will get focus. When 
you now switch back, kdesktop will keep focus.. (Based on the rationale that 
a sticky window should keep focus when you switch desktops... this makes 
sense for normal windows, but kdesktop/kicker spoil this)

It would already help a lot if the window-manager could tell me what the 
previous window with focus was. Then I can restore the focus to this window 
in kicker before switching (flickers a bit probably)

Is there a way I can prevent kdesktop / kicker from getting focus 
automatically or via mouseclicks? If you want to use kicker/kdesktop with 
keyboard only it doesn't help you much if mouse-clicks give it focus. Better 
define a key-sequence which gives it focus.

Otherwise I guess I can hack up some kicker/kdesktop/kwin solution since we 
don't seem to be using this WM spec thing for kde 2.0 anyway.

Cheers,
Waldo

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