RabidVWM - focus Thread last updated on 2003-05-16 09:55:11

Posted by member 23979 on 2003-05-13 18:30:06

I have a minor problem with "vwmSwitchOnAnyFocus".
Without it I cannot switch to tasks on other desktops using taskbar3.
With it I can but if I use !VWMRight/!VWMLeft (with ckHotspot) to change desktops and the current desktop has not only an active window but a window I activated by clicking it I will shortly see the next desktop before it jumps back to the one I started from.
However this does not happen if I use "!VWMDesk x" (with hotkeys).

Seems strange...

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-13 21:10:55 link

LiteStep taskbars should not require switchonanyfocus for them to work. I consider this a bug in taskbar3.

However, VWMSwitchOnAnyFocus is flaky in itself... does this happen regardless of whether or not there are windows on the desktop you are switching to?

As a workaround, you might try one of:
!VWMDesk right
!VWMDesk left

!VWMExec !VWMDesk ^@#d^^@dc^+1^@#d^
!VWMExec !VWMDesk ^@#d^^@dc^-1^@#d^

but I suspect that !VWMDesk might be working because it's from hotkeys rather than hotspots. :/

Posted by member 23979 on 2003-05-14 12:59:26 link

1. You are right with tasks it works without need of "VWMSwitchOnAnyFocus".
2. This happens regardless of whether or not there are windows on the desktop you are switching to. (tested with tasks and taskbar3)

3. I guess I know what you mean, but I don't know how to write it.
My current code looks like:
*ckHotspot -1 0 1 1 !vwmRight !none
*ckHotspot 0 0 1 1 !vwmLeft !none

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-14 20:31:35 link

Ehh, I don't wanna look up ckHotspot syntax right now :) Try making a hotkey that does !vwmRight/!vwmLeft. If that works then don't bother changing the hotspots. (it wouldn't do any good)

Sorry I can't offer much more right now, I'll try to remember to get back to this later.

Posted by member 23979 on 2003-05-15 16:59:39 link

I tried it with hotkeys (!vwmRight/!vwmLeft) and it works!
Must have been the hotspots.

I already send a bug report :)

Thanks.

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-15 18:57:31 link

uh... it's not necessarily a bug in hotspots, in fact it's probably still something wrong with RabidVWM, but really weird. It seems all of the remaining bugs in RabidVWM are really weird. :6

Posted by member 27450 on 2003-05-15 20:26:22 link

The latest version of taskbar3 (0.306 alpha) fixes this problem. Problem is I have no idea where to download it...there was a link posted on the LS mailing list awhile back but I must have deleted that mail after I downloaded it.

Posted by member 99 on 2003-05-15 23:54:33 link

Thanks Paradox, it's this message.

jesus_mjjg says "Please, note that these are no official things AT ALL, so please don't post about it on any site." Which would be why you can't find it anywhere.

Posted by member 23979 on 2003-05-16 09:55:11 link

I tried the latest version of taskbar3 and it works fine without "vwmSwitchOnAnyFocus".
And my hotspots can be used too.