Re: [Fwd: Send loss of focus notification when changing focus to aWindows app?]

[Jean-Claude Gervais <jc dot gervais at videotron dot ca>]

Um, does anyone here have a clue to what I'm referring to?
I tried to be as clear as possible.


On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 13:23, Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
> Is it possible to tell X that it has lost focus when a Windows app gains
> focus?
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: Jean-Claude Gervais <jc.gervais@videotron.ca>
> To: Cygwin-XFree <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> Subject: Send loss of focus notification when changing focus to a	Windows	app?
> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:36:42 -0400
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 	I'm runnng the WindowMaker that comes with Cygwin XFree with the
> following options:
> 
> XWin -nowinkill -multiplemonitors -nodecoraion -rootless -clipboard
> 
> And I've noticed one small detail:
> 
> When changing from window to window on X, WindowMaker sems to be able to
> track who is active who is inactive OK.
> 
> But when I switch away from an X app to say, Notepad, WindoMaker still
> seems to think that the last X window that was active is STILL active.
> 
> Windowmaker is correct in one sense, of course, but more importantly,
> would it be posible to send a focus-loss notification to WindowMaker
> when a Windows app gains focus?
> 
> I don't know how X would handle being told that no one has the focus...
> 
> Or failing that, maybe it should be told that the hidden root window has
> the focus, I don't know.
> 
> The problem is that the way it stands now, when you glance at your
> screen(s) you have trouble knowing where the input will go if you type
> something.
> 
> Will what I type go to what seems to be the currently active X window,
> or will it go to a Windows app?
> 
> By looking for the active window, it is hard know.
> 
> Is there a way to fix this?
> 
> Any ideas or solutions appreciated.
> 
>