From 55aab2d471024bda1878897e81e3b5695e242f09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 10:32:47 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; * etc/PROBLEMS: An entry about focus issues with XFCE (bug#70046). --- etc/PROBLEMS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 16521e257dd..36fee69351e 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1615,6 +1615,18 @@ underlying functionality in plasmashell gets fully disabled as well. At least a restart of plasmashell is required for the clipboard history to be cleared. +*** XFCE: Selected frame loses focus + +This can happen, e.g., in Ediff: when you move between the differences +by typing into the control frame, input focus unexpectedly switches to +the buffers where Emacs shows the differences, instead of being left +in the Ediff control frame. + +The reason is a bug in the window manager: it shifts input focus when +raising a frame. A workaround is to activate the "focus stealing +prevention" option of the window manager (in XFCE settings, under +"window manager tweaks", in the "focus" tab). + *** CDE: Frames may cover dialogs they created when using CDE. This can happen if you have "Allow Primary Windows On Top" enabled which -- 2.30.2