Re: FVWM: Java applications don't get keyboard focus

I am trying to use the Arduino IDE and it is not letting me give it keyboard
focus. I too am using FVWM. Even when I launch it in its own desktop, it does
not work. I cannot seem to make the Arduino IDE take keyboard focus, I can
click endlessly on the window and nothing happens. I can use the menus and
click anywhere in the sketch window and move the input position (with the
mouse, never with the keyboard). I don't want to hack the Arduino IDE code
itself, unless that is the only solution. Is there something in .fvwm2rc I can
set to fix this? The Arduino IDE *used* to work just fine. I *guessing* it is
something about the newer versions of CentOS (presently CentOS 6, kernel
version 2.6.32-696.6.3.el6.x86_64) or FVWM (2.6.6-1.el6) I am using now (the
last time I was sure it was working was with CentOS 5 and fvwm
2.5.26-2.el5.2). Even when I force the Arduino IDE to use Java 1.6, it still
does not work. I have version 1.0.5 of the Arduino IDE. 

My .fvwm2rc has:

Style "*" ClickToFocus


At Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:57:18 +0000 "Shriver, Daniel" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> I typically had the opposite problem: java applications taking keyboard foc=
> us when I wanted them to have none.
> 
> I suggest you play around with the top level graphical object you use, and =
> setFocusableWindowState().
> 
> See this StackOverflow thread:
> 
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2820014/how-do-i-stop-workaround-java-a=
> pps-stealing-focus-in-linux-window-managers/2820707#2820707
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]=20
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 10:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: FVWM: Java applications don't get keyboard focus
> 
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 02:11:53AM +0300, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
> 
> > I've lived with this problem since 2008. Or even earlier.
> 
> Ha ha. Me too! I even posted about this back in 2007 or so, but could never=
>  fix it.
> 
> My work around was to launch Java applications (mainly Matlab) in their own=
>  desktop. But even then it sometimes requires I manually click the mouse...
> 
> GI
> 
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