On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:58:51 +0200, Kim Woelders wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:12:39 +0200, Dennis Nezic  
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Any idea why Pidgin's new-instant-message notification system-tray
> > icon passes mouse clicks through to the window below it, while, for
> > example, Xchat's doesn't? Pidgin's does respond to it, and then
> > goes away (as it's supposed to), but also sends it to the window
> > underneath -- which is annoying if, for example, someone instant
> > messages me while I'm playing a fullscreen movie :).
> >
> > All the windows are in the normal layer 4. If I "sleep 1; eesh wi
> > current" and hover my mouse over the system tray, it reports that
> > I'm hovering over the window underneath (if there is one), and not
> > the System tray (or Icon Box for that matter). (I'm not sure if it
> > matters, but both my system tray and icon box are BORDERLESS -- ie.
> > invisible if there are no icons.)
> >
> What probably happens is:
> - You press button down on the pidgin systray icon
> - Pidgin removes the icon, and the mouse is now over whatever is
> below because your systray has transparent background
> - You release the button, and that event goes to the window below.
> 
> I don't think there is anything sane e16 can do about that.
> Pidgin could do its stuff on button release in stead of press or take
> a pointer grab that is released on button release.
> 

You're right! (again, as usual :b)

I find that if I click fast, it usually works fine (I guess the
buttonrelease happens before the icon is destroyed) ... but if I click
very slowly (keep the button down for a second), the buttonrelease
indeed always goes to the window below.

Thanks for the tips.


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