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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KWin & Kicker & focus
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2000-05-30 8:01:53
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Am Die, 30 Mai 2000 schrieb Waldo Bastian:
> 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.


kicker should get focus when clicking on it. There might be applets requireing
focus, for example.

Kicker is already connected to a KWinModule, i.e. it receives the currently
active window all the time (the taskbar uses the same KWinModule). Why not
remember this window and put focus there before switching desktop?

Matthias


> 
> Cheers,
> Waldo

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