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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt b/doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt index c7d807b..53cfa52 100644 --- a/doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt +++ b/doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Focus method Invariant sloppy If the mouse is in a window, then it is focused; if the mouse is not in a window, then the most recently used window is focused. - mouse If the mouse is in a non-DESKTOP window, then it is focused; otherwise, the designated "no_focus_window" is focused @@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ Focus method Behavior on top) sloppy Focus the window containing the pointer if there is such a window, otherwise focus the most recently used window. - mouse Focus the non-DESKTOP window containing the pointer if there is one, otherwise focus the designated "no_focus_window". @@ -66,9 +64,9 @@ cases in which a new window shouldn't be focused: To handle these cases, Metacity compares timestamps of the event that caused the launch and the timestamp of the last interaction with the -focused window. (Case 2 is handled by providing a special timestamp -of 0 for the launch time, which ensures that the window that appears -doesn't get focus) +focused window. (Case 2 is handled by the application providing a +special timestamp of 0 for the launch time, which ensures that the +window that appears doesn't get focus) If the newly launched window isn't focused, some things should be done to alert the user that there is a window to work with: @@ -88,10 +86,10 @@ attempt to handle the INHERENTLY CONFLICTING CONSTRAINTS. Metacity does this by having a mouse_mode boolean used to determine which of the two sets of invariants holds. This mode is set according to which method was most recently used to choose a focus window: - 1) When receiving EnterNotify/LeaveNotify events from mouse movement, set + 1) When receiving EnterNotify events from mouse movement, set mouse_mode to TRUE. 2) When using keynav to choose a focus window (e.g. alt-tab, alt-esc, - move-window-to-workspace keybindings), set mouse_mode to FALSE. + alt-f2, move-window-to-workspace keybindings), set mouse_mode to FALSE. 3) When handling events that don't choose a focus window but rather need a focus_window chosen for them (e.g. switch-to-workspace keybindings), don't change the mouse_mode and just use the current value. |