On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 12:10, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 17:07, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > > > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > > > What do you think of the strict focus idea? > > > > > > As a solution, it ignores the entire issue that under a default > > > configuration, users *are* going to miss alert-style dialogs if they're > > > typing when the dialog pops up. > > > > not really, the idea being the alert dialog still appears on top, but > > the focus remains where the mouse is pointing: the window you're typing > > in. Then its seen as soon as you look up (which is all the time if > > you're me). The only problem is to make sure the dialog doesn't pop up > > under the mouse. > > That "solution" to the problem ignores the fact that most people won't > be using focus-strictly-under-mouse. The problem needs to be solved so > that it's no longer a problem regardless of how your focus is set up. Not really. If you're using focus-strictly-under-mouse, ok. If you're using focus-loosely-under-mouse, then same thing happens (ie. don't allow new windows to steal focus), and if you're using click-to-focus, then same thing agin (ie. don't allow new windows to steal focus), but still let the dialog appear on top - the focus remaining with the last window you clicked in and are working on. Thats not even very complicated, especially compared to all the if-then-else stuff already in metacity to handle focus for special cases (changing desktops for example). -- Iain Buchanan <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Your mode of life will be changed to ASCII.
