D16228: Raise window group together with group transient

graesslin added a comment.


  In D16228#353226 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D16228#353226>, @zzag wrote:
  
  > In D16228#353210 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D16228#353210>, @graesslin wrote:
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  > > How does gimp work with the change.
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  > I tested it before, didn't notice any differences.
  >
  > > I just tested with kwrite and there it is that two kwrite windows have the same group leader. I'm quite certain that you do not want to raise them together.
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  > If you raise a transient, for example "Open File" dialog, the window group won't be raised.
  >  Most apps don't use group transients.
  
  
  Well, that's an application bug. KWin in general does not work around application bugs. Instead we try (whenever possible) to get the misbehaving application toolkit fixdd. An open file dialog should use transient for hint.

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  https://phabricator.kde.org/D16228

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