Re: FVWM: fvwm95/winNT look and feel differences

From: Bob Woodside <proteus_at_pcnet.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 21:01:04 -0400 (EDT)

On 24-Apr-98 Frank Wilcox, Jr. wrote:
      [FW = Frank, DB = Dave Brooks, MH = Mike Han]
DB>> > I would...like...to...Duplicate the ALT+TAB behavior of Windows 95...
DB>> > The closest I've been able to come...
DB>> >
DB>> > Key Tab A M Next [*] Focus
DB>> >
DB>> > but this only seems to alternate between the two most recent windows
DB>> > (most of the time, there are exceptions)....

        It took me a while to figure out how to duplicate this...

        The problem here is that you're using some version of mousey-focus
(MouseFocus or SloppyFocus), which butts heads with window list circulation
when you cycle to a window that happens to lie under the mouse cursor. The
FocusFollowsMouse policy takes precedence when FVWM tries to decide where
to assign focus, and this messes up the cycling order. When you cycle to a
window that's under the mouse cursor, try moving the mouse cursor out of
the window onto the desktop, then try to continue cycling with Alt-Tab
(or whatever key combo you'd like to use).

        The code may be slightly buggy: this aberration in the cycling
order only seems to happen when you're switching to a different desktop
or page and land on a window under the mouse cursor. I haven't looked at
this area of the code in a good while, and my memory of it is a bit hazy,
so I can't comment on whether this is really a bug without looking into it
a bit more. But move the mouse and you should be able to continue cycling
through all the windows.

MH>> Incidentally...it's helpful to add:
MH>>
MH>> Key Tab A SM Prev [*] Focus
MH>>
MH>> That way you're not limited to just two windows...
MH>> ...
FW> i put that in, but it doesn't seem to do anything...do i need both lines?
FW> ...does it not use alt-tab?

        All this does is to give you *another* keyboard shortcut to circulate
through the list backwards with Shift-Alt-Tab. It's a very nice convenience,
but it doesn't alter the behavior that started this thread. (Well, it may
appear to, since you may be able to get to more windows by traversing the
list in reverse. Then, again, you may not.)

DB ? >> ...

        Finally, the original poster (Dave, I think) mentioned having a window-
list window pop up. Is there something about the plain old WindowList command
that you don't like, apart from its not having icons? Try this binding:

        Key Tab R M WindowList

(change the "R" to an "A" if you prefer). You can scroll through the popup
list with the cursor movement keys and then hit Enter, or just click directly
on the window you want to go to. I think this is much quicker than Windows'
approach, since I can select the target window with whatever's closest to
my right hand...and it gives you more information about the windows.


 
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Received on Sun Apr 26 1998 - 20:14:18 BST

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