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almostearthling / when-command

When is an automation tool that aims at being flexible and cross platform
http://almostearthling.github.io/when-command/
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Window focus annoying on Xubuntu #78

Closed almostearthling closed 8 years ago

almostearthling commented 8 years ago

Focus policies can be annoying on Xubuntu: the fact that a dialog sets itself to topmost causes daughter windows to be hindered by the applet dialog boxes. For example, when choosing a file or directory for file notifications on Xubuntu, the file selection dialog box remains behind the applet dialog box making it almost impossible to choose the file.

almostearthling commented 8 years ago

The compromise will probably be that dialog boxes will behave much like in other software and avoid going topmost.

almostearthling commented 8 years ago

Also a more viable solution could be to force set_keep_above for file choosers too: being opened on dialog boxes, they should be set "more topmost" than the caller.