Changing focus is a WM concept. But strictly speaking "focus" is an
input concept [1]. It exists lower level in the display server to ensure
key events land on the correct surface. You might also have "active"
window for visual focus (greater highlighting, shadow), which is usually
and hopefull
On 24/03/15 12:50, Gerry Boland wrote:
> On 23/03/15 13:12, Alan Griffiths wrote:
>> 2. The shell writer can inherit from ShellWrapper override a few
>> functions and "get something working".
> AbstractShell/WindowManager more powerful than this, happy to let it go.
> I wasn't using it anyw
On 23/03/15 13:12, Alan Griffiths wrote:
> On 23/03/15 02:11, Daniel van Vugt wrote:
>> For the benefit of all future shell developers;
>> I'd like to inherit from "SomethingShell" and get
>> something that works in a few lines without writing additional code.
>> Then I would like to be able to ove
I've now proposed
https://code.launchpad.net/~alan-griffiths/mir/default-to-canonical-window-manager/+merge/253950
Which assumes the following preferences:
> 0. should we replace the legacy
> DefaultShell/PlacementStrategy/SurfaceConfigurator with
> CanonicalWindowManager?
>
Yes
>
