Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 02:54:35PM +0100, Riswick, J.G.A. van wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > FvwmPager -transient lets pop up fvwmpager in a menu-
> > like fashion eg
> >
> > Mouse 2 R A Module FvwmPager -transient 0 8
> >
> > lets pop up the pager when one presses the root window,
> > and upon pressing on a page or desk, fvwmpager goes
> > away again. The difference with a menu is, that the pager
> > does not appear until the mousebutton has been released.
> > To switch to a certain desk, one then has to use a second
> > mouseclick. Whereas in a menu, one can invoke an item by
> > releasing the mouse, so here one needs only one mouseclick
> > to get someting done. Is it possible to get this type of
> > behaviour in with a transient fvwmbuttons?
>
> Not easily. The transient pager has to grab the pointer so that
> it pops down reliably upon the next click. But it can't grab it
> unless fvwm releases it, i.e. you release the button. This is not
> a problem with menus because menus are handled by the same
> application, i.e. fvwm.
If fvwm grabbed the pointer between the time the transient pager
was invoked and the transient pager appeared, wouldn't the grab by
the pager just get queued up?
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Received on Thu Nov 29 2001 - 08:44:51 GMT