Re: FVWM: losing focus when resizing windows

From: Robert Land <Robert.Land_at_t-online.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:30:53 +0100

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:33:41PM -0500, Dan Espen wrote:
> Robert.Land_at_t-online.de (Robert Land) writes:
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:08:08PM +0100, Robert Land wrote:
> > > Actually I would like to use the mouse as rarely as I can.
> > > To get the focus on a window M+tab helps, but after some
> > > desired action - usually maximizing - the window loses
> > > imediatly the focus and I have to M+tab back again.
> > >
> > > Is this a general fvwm or windowmanager issue?
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert
> >
> > Does my question involve some ambiguity or am I the only
> > one experiencing this behaviour?
>
> Did you get no answer at all?
>
> I use:
>
> Style * MouseFocus
>
> and I avoid using the mouse as much as I can.
>
> I can't recall loosing focus on a maximize,
> the pointer should still be in the window on a maximize.
>
> When you make it smaller, thats different, the pointer could
> leave the window then. Is that when you loose focus?
>
> I don't use M-tab much though.
>
> What focus model are you using?

Dan, thank you very much for your response.
Actually I didn't dig into the focus issue - in fact
I didn't know of different focus models.

No I didn't recieve any reaction yet, you were the
only one. I guess most people use the mouse pointer
on X - you mentioned using the mouse aswell.

In fact that is exactly what I would like to avoid.
My intention is to 'park' the pointer somewhere in the
desktop corner and do the rest just using the keyboard.

Making the window smaller (even using some key bindings)
should then not affect the focus. Have you tried just
parking the mouse somewhere on the wallpaper (you do
lose focus on any X-window then) - but regain focus
by M+Tabing through all open windows on the desktop
until you reach the desired one?


Robert
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Received on Sun Dec 22 2002 - 05:35:14 GMT

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