rethinking the window manager [LWN.net]

rethinking the window manager

Posted Dec 19, 2006 15:24 UTC (Tue) by tjc (subscriber, #137)
In reply to: rethinking the window manager by bluegecko
Parent article: KDE 4: the ultimate business desktop? (Computerworld)

An example: windows would not be allowed to be moved and resized arbitrarily and the annoying pop-ups (e.g.. file-requesters, error messages) would not simply (and rudely!) cover other windows.

It's unfortunate, but window managers are not able to intercept popup dialogs, or applications such as Firefox that request to be raised to the top of the stacking order without user intervention.

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rethinking the window manager

Posted Dec 20, 2006 0:15 UTC (Wed) by djabsolut (guest, #12799) [Link]

I do not understand why it's not possible to "intercept" popup dialogs: they are just another window after all.