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Firefox Fullscreen(ed): New Windows don't get focus #573

Open sillysloft opened 18 years ago

sillysloft commented 18 years ago

Hi there,

the problam is that if one uses F11 to run Firefox in Fullscreen mode, new windows (like e.g. the privacy dialog (Ctrl-shift-del) don't get the focus which makes the fullscreen mode more or less unusable.

Firefox 1.5.0.1, Fluxbox 0.9.14

Is this known? Has this been fixed in cvs or in the dev version since?

Thanks, Sven

Reported by: *anonymous

sillysloft commented 18 years ago

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sorry, wasn't logged in when I submitted the bug... It's from me, svenherg.

Thanks for picking it up.

Cheers, Sven

Original comment by: svenherg

sillysloft commented 18 years ago

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From peeking through the code: The way fluxbox full-screens a window (as in "Control Mod1 f :fullscreen" in ~/.fluxbox/keys) is to resize it so that it takes up the whole screen, and also place it in the `above dock' layer (I'm guessing it does the same when you go through firefox instead of fluxbox).

This has the unfortunate effect that you don't get to see any window in a lower layer. However, windows still get focus as normal, you just don't see them.

The problem about not putting things in `above dock' is that then the toolbar is (potentially) above the window, meaning we lose screen real estate.

I'm not saying this won't fix: I haven't thought through all the options. I'm just saying that your experience is expected, given what the code says.

Original comment by: jonaskoelker

sillysloft commented 18 years ago

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Hi Jonas,

thanks for picking htis up. I agree to what you say, but woudn't it then be a good idea to open all windows that get iopened by the fullscreen (actually, by whatever window) in the "above dock"?

Cheers, Sven

Original comment by: svenherg

sillysloft commented 18 years ago

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I've changed the behavior so that new windows don't steal the focus from fullscreen windows. They still don't go on top. I think this is more appropriate.

Original comment by: mark-t

sillysloft commented 18 years ago

Original comment by: mark-t