Re: [e-users] audio playing causes focus loss

On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:48:40 -0700 Ross Vandegrift <[email protected]> said:

> On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 09:11:46AM +0100, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:51:21 -0700 Ross Vandegrift <[email protected]> said:
> > > It's not unique to navidrome - other sites like youtube do it too.  I
> > > don't quite understand exactly what conditions trigger it.  In the past,
> > > I think I've seen it with mpv and rhythbox, but much more rarely.
> > > 
> > > I'll keep poking and see if I can get more info on exactly when it
> > > happens.
> > 
> > i don't see how this has to do with audio itself. i suspect it's some extra
> > action some client(s) (in x terms - some app with a window - that includes
> > browsers) is doing at the same time a track changes. like i said -
> > requesting activation or something. perhaps it's specific to firefox? i
> > have not seen anything like this with chromium... narrowing down that it
> > has to do with a specific app is a first port of call. then figuring out
> > what that app might be doing is the next thing.
> 
> Yea, that makes sense.  Can I view activation requests / netwm hints
> without having the window focused?

no - you'd have to add printfs to e's code to see them. if it was the mixer
popup with a slider - then perhaps some focus issue with slider widgets but you
didn't mention those popping up...

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