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From: murphy@ufp.dco.dec.com (Rick Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problem with popups and focus
Keywords: popups, focus
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.133933@ufp.dco.dec.com>
Date: 18 Oct 90 17:39:33 GMT
References: <27913@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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In article <27913@bellcore.bellcore.com>, news@bellcore.bellcore.com (news)
writes:
 >I'm having trouble with popup windows.  Under openwin and under
>whatever DEC's window manager is (mwm?), I can't manage to type to the
>popup.  I get perfectly fine behavior using twm.  I assume that a power
>struggle of some sort is going on between my application and some window
>managers.
    ...deleted...
>I never have understood popups very well.  Can someone tell me what I
>might do to resolve this problem?  I'm hoping for a solution that can
>be implemented in a few lines, of course, using the HP or Athena
>widgets; I'm not ready for a wholesale rewrite in another widget set.

You need to set XtNinput to true on the popup; otherwise, it won't accept
keyboard focus.
(ICCCM requires this; some window managers are more 'forgiving'.)
	-Rick
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