Re: Preventing windows from grabbing the focus

Tuomo,

thanks for your answer even though this is very sad news :(

Focus changes are the most annoying thing to do and I don't
understand why software developers do that...

Anyway...

Regards

Peter

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:55:51 +0000 (UTC)
Tuomo Valkonen <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2008-08-19, Peter Romianowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> > It would be great if I could just disable the focus request. Is this
> > possible? I already searched the web, the documentation and the
> > newsgroups for hours and hours but could not find a hint.
> 
> Unfortunately, focus change is not a "request", unlike geometry
> change. Geometry changes get forwarded for the WM to act upon, and
> according to the ICCCM, it can do as it pleases, and the app must not
> fight back. (Many do, these days!) Focus change messages are acted
> upon by the server, and are honoured when they can be (i.e. the
> window is visible, no active grabs, and so). AFAIK ICCCM does not
> discuss whether the WM is allowed to overrule such changes by
> switching focus back.
>