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Date:      Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:30:52 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers.102a7e@mired.org>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org>
Cc:        babkin@users.sourceforge.net, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>, "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com>
Subject:   Re: Re: Programs not accepting input?
Message-ID:  <17448.37324.47627.891930@bhuda.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060328011345.GC25392@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <19770339.131791143464603498.JavaMail.root@vms075.mailsrvcs.net> <20060328011345.GC25392@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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In <20060328011345.GC25392@wantadilla.lemis.com>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> typed:
> > The focus management and the highlighting of the window manager
> > decoration are not physically connected in any way, so a bug in the
> > window manager might cause it to do the highlighting but forget to
> > give the focus to the application.
> But mouse focus and keyboard focus are the same, right?

There isn't a "mouse focus". Mouse events are tied to window they
happen in, not the one with focus. If you use a window manager that
doesn't change the keyboard focus on mouse events, it's possible to
have mouse events happen in a window that doesn't have the focus.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>		http://www.mired.org/consulting.html
Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.



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