Re: Sloppy
Re: Sloppy
- Subject: Re: Sloppy
- From: Sean Ahern <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:25:58 -0800
Martin Stokhof wrote:
> Sorry, I misunderstood. Yes I have that too: one click to active the
> window, another to pick a tool or a brush. Isn't that normal behavior?
> (I'm new to Gimp, so I don't have a comparison.)
Not really.
Here's a somewhat exhaustive description of this.
Most X11 window managers provide different ways of handling window focus
(what you are calling "activating" the window). The two main classes of
preference are click-to-focus and pointer-focus.
In click-to-focus, the user has to click on a window for it to become
"active". This is the way that windows in ordinary Mac OS applications
operate. You have to click in an application window to bring it to the
front before you can use it. This is the focus behavior that Apple's
quartz-wm application uses.
In pointer-focus, the user only has to put their cursor in a window for it
to become "active". Many people consider this to be much easier for
applications which have many windows (like the Gimp). However, it can be a
problem if the window manager also enforces that focussed windows come to
the front of the display. Thus, as you traverse the windows on your screen
while heading to the one you want, windows other than the one you intended
can come to the front. There are various ways around this problem that I
won't mention here for space.
Since Apple's quartz-wm window manager only has click-to-focus, it makes
using application like the Gimp a little bit harder than otherwise. Some
people would like the focus behavior to be a preference option.
-Sean
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