On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:43:47AM -0500, Dan Espen wrote:
> 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?
No, grab attempts don't queue. You simply get an error when
trying.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Thu Nov 29 2001 - 09:31:44 GMT