[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#261414: Bug#261414: Debian Bug #261414 lyx-qt: please acquire window focus for new windows

[Sven Hoexter]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 01:41:18PM +0200, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:31:08AM +0100, Per Olofsson wrote:
> > Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote:
> > > I tested with 1.4.3-3 and fvwm and it behaves as described - pressing
> > > Ctrl-F pops up an unfocused window (except you are lucky and the window
> > > pops up within the mouse position :)).
> > Are you sure it's not a bug in fvwm?
> 
> Well, I think this is a more or less philosophic question. As I stated
> in the original bug report before: Mozilla *does* acquire the focus for
> it's Search window when you press Ctrl-F (well, it did, it has no search
> *window* anymore :)). Also, OpenOffice acquires focus for it's Search
> window. That's why I think this is something that could be fixed within
> LyX.
Ok now I tried it on my laptop where I'm using fluxbox and I've no focus
problems here aswell with differend focus modes.

> On the other hand, of course you can state "hey, it works in kde, so it
> must be a bug in fvwm" and I can say less about it other than what I did
> - other applications can :)
> Perhaps kde always acquires focus for new windows and fvwm does not. I'm
> not sure if one could consider this a bug or different semantics. This
> is why I think, the question is more or less philosophic.
Hm I'm not really sure if it's possible to work around the issue on the
LyX side or if it's some fvwm-qt problem.

Cheers,
Sven