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Re: [PATCH] gitk: force focus to main window

From
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Dec 17, 2008, 21:38 UTC
Message-ID
<18761.29020.237388.687560@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
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<4948E771.4050705@viscovery.net>
Johannes Sixt writes:
> On msysGit, the focus is first on the (Tk) console.  This console is then
> hidden, but keeps the focus.  Work around that by forcing the focus onto
> the gitk window.

Hmmm, I don't like doing focus -force unconditionally on all platforms. I hate it when applications decide they know best and override what the window manager decides.

At least put a if {[tk windowingsystem] eq "win32"} in there. (msysGit is a windows thing, isn't it?)

Paul.
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Message 2 of 6 in “gitk: force focus to main window”
  1. gitk: force focus to main windowJohannes Sixt, Dec 17, 2008
  2. Paul MackerrasDec 17, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2008
  4. Jeff KingDec 18, 2008
  5. Paul MackerrasDec 18, 2008
  6. gitk: force the focus to the main window on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Dec 18, 2008

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