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From: erik@sravd.sra.JUNET (Erik M. van der Poel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: keybord focus in libXaw
Message-ID: <1284@sragwa.sra.JUNET>
Date: 22 Nov 89 05:46:00 GMT
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In article <1283@sragwa.sra.JUNET> I wrote:
>In article <8911202222.20499@munnari.oz.au> munnari!arp.anu.OZ.AU!gustav@uunet.uu.net writes:
>>                                                                However, 
>>   when I try to close the window by pressing the "close window" command 
>>   button, the window takes the keyboard focus with it, and it cannot be 
>>   transferred to the main command panel, unless the pop-up window is popped 
>>   up again.
>
>Here are a couple of work-arounds:
>
>1. NoTitleFocus
>
>	...
>
>2. X Toolkit
>
>	...

And here are a few more solutions:

3. Focus events

	This is another disgusting hack which involves patching
	FocusOut events. Instead of XtMainLoop(), use:

		while (1) {
			static Window	window;
			XEvent		event;

			XtNextEvent(&event);

			switch (event.type) {
			case FocusIn:
				window = event.xfocus.window;
				break;
			case FocusOut:
				event.xfocus.window = window;
				break;
			default:
				break;
			}
			XtDispatchEvent(&event);
		}

	Advantage:

		This solution can be used if you plan to distribute
		your application in source form. (The Xt patch is for
		the binary form, and then only if you don't use
		dynamic linking.)

	Disadvantage:

		This may not work for everyone. (However, it does work
		for xfig.)

4. Destroy popup

	Destroying the popup instead of popping it down also solves
	the problem, as Rick Spickelmier said in an earlier article.

	Advantage:

		This solution, like the NoTitleFocus solution, does
		not seem to be "illegal" in any way.

	Disadvantage:

		You have to create the popup every time you need it,
		and this can be time-consuming, depending on the
		complexity of the popup.

[5. Wait

	Wait until someone fixes the bug, rather than using
	work-arounds. Or fix it yourself. GOOD LUCK!]