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. 

Cheers
Jochen


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