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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: Re: Re: KCM Authorization (was: Re: Review Request: print-manager on kdereview)
From:       Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gr=E4=DFlin?= <mgraesslin () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-08-30 9:14:29
Message-ID: 6965222.Fgt9fQ4JWl () martin-desktop
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On Thursday 30 August 2012 10:40:18 Thomas Lübking wrote:
> Am 30.08.2012, 07:52 Uhr, schrieb Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>:
> > There is no such thing as a "system-wide modal" dialog on X and I doubt
> > that
> > we would be able to implement this in a secure way unless it is handled
> > directly by the session manager.
> > 
> > So I'm really surprised that polkit assumes something that does not
> > exist.
> 
> XGrabPointer/XGrabKeyboard or a barrier window between the dialog and all
> other windows.
hacky solution which does not prevent from other windows being raised above it 
and so on.

It would need a solution like the Screen Locker which takes care of quite a 
lot more than "just" grabbing keyboard and pointer.
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