On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 09:32 +0800, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:32:44 +1200 jochen schroeder > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 18:15 +0200, Luca Martini wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > I noticed that many (if not all) modal windows do not appear in the > > > windows list. This is quite annoying for users (like me) that use > > > pointer focus. In fact, if the pointer moves to another (and bigger) > > > window, the only possibility to get back to the modal one is to iconify > > > many other windows. > > > Is this behavior controlled by the applications or can be controlled by > > > the wm? > > > Is it possible to tell E not to skip those windows from the > > > taskbar/windows list? > > > Thanks in advance for your attention (and of course for the great work > > > you are doing). > > > Luca > > > > I reported that a while back but never got a reply from anyone. I agree > > it is very annoying. Especially because sometimes you miss the window > > appearing and the program seems to hang because it's waiting for input > > on the modal window. I also think this behaviour is wrong according to > > the netwm spec. Thanks for reminding me to follow up on this. I think > > I'll file a bug report. > > if the window has requested to skip-taskbar - or the user has set this, then e > doesn't list it. as the alt-tab list (winlist) acts the same as a taskbar, e > does what the app asked it to. this is correct behavior according to the netwm > spec. > Ah yes I remember now, evolution dialogue windows had the the skip_taskbar property set. They actually changed that in the latest version. I'm still a bit confused about the window list taskbar equivalency. Why does E offer a skip window list and a skip taskbar option if they both do the same thing? I think that confused my the last time.
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