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From: pds@quintus.uucp (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  DMouse
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Date: 29 Sep 88 22:27:29 GMT
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The problem with DMouse people are trying to solve, if I understand
correctly, is that with the 'sunmouse' mode on, the window under the
mouse is ALWAYS the focus window (where keyboard input goes).  And when
a requester pops up, it's (by Murphy's law) never under the mouse.  So
if a program pops up a requester and programmatically gives it focus,
DMouse sets focus back to the window the mouse is in.  No good.

Couldn't the problem be solved by making DMouse only set focus when the
mouse moves into a window?  So if a requester pops up not under
the mouse, and is given focus, it'll keep focus until the requester
goes away or the user moves the mouse INTO a window other than ther
requester.

Of course, the violates the principle that the focus is always in the
window under the mouse.  But maybe that isn't such a great principle
anyway.
-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.uucp
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