>>>>> Scott Raney writes:
Scott> This is a good point. The reason why 2) isn't an accurate
Scott> description is because the most common way a for a dialog
Scott> window to get the focus in an explicit focus environment is
Scott> for the window manager to give it the focus automatically (or
Scott> to tell it to take the focus) when the window opens. In
Scott> pointer-focus mode, they doesn't do this.
I could equally well consider ClickToFocus window managers broken
because they always give focus to a newly appearing window. What if I
want to start a program but *don't* want to give the newly appearing
window focus? No joy, with ClickToFocus.
Scott> I guess I don't, except that I think "DumbPointerFocus" mode
Scott> is a not a good label for behavior you describe in 1) above.
Scott> The fact that most applications work this way in a pointer
Scott> focus environment is the result of the design of those
Scott> applications and is not determined by WM settings (which is
Scott> what is generally meant by wm "modes").
In a way, that's true. I guess I must agree with you that you're
comparing Really Existing PointerFocus programs (wm's and other apps)
with Really Existing ClickToFocus programs. But the applications
should be changed so that they're not so stupid when working with
PointerFocus. You're writing an application, so you should do
something here. IMHO.
kai
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Received on Mon Oct 28 1996 - 03:40:51 GMT