From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 11566@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11566: 24.0.97; `read-from-minibuffer': focus to standalone minibuffer frame?
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 18:44:34 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838vgb2dr1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <96A3CCDD100E49C6ACF2739484C9239A@us.oracle.com>
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 07:12:26 -0700
> Cc: 11566@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> (That a window manager can accept input passed to a frame that is not on top in
> the stacking order is not exceptional. That is (was, at least) true for many w.
> mgrs on UNIX, where you could even change the input focus without changing the
> stacking order ("foreground") just by moving the mouse over a lower frame.)
"Stacking order" and "foreground" are 2 different things. As I wrote
earlier, a "foreground" window/frame is the window that has focus and
gets the keyboard input. It doesn't have to be on the top of the
Z-order.
> > (let ((old-frame (selected-frame))
> > (new-frame (make-frame)))
> > (redirect-frame-focus new-frame old-frame))
>
> That puts (keeps) the input focus in old-frame. So it seems to work as it
> should.
No, it keeps focus in new-frame, but makes it so the input you type at
new-frame gets sent to old-frame. Thus, this:
> (But new-frame has its title and border highlighted as if it had the focus.
> Somehow there is a disconnect between the two.
is normal and expected behavior (AFAIU).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-29 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-27 0:07 bug#11566: 24.0.97; `read-from-minibuffer': focus to standalone minibuffer frame? Drew Adams
2012-05-27 13:22 ` martin rudalics
2012-05-27 15:01 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 9:43 ` martin rudalics
2012-05-29 14:12 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 15:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-05-29 16:10 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-29 19:15 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 19:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-29 20:28 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-29 16:10 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 16:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-29 19:15 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-29 20:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-29 21:31 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-30 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-30 20:10 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-28 18:02 ` Drew Adams
2012-10-03 9:13 ` martin rudalics
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