Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihwpt!ihnp4!cord!nsw
From: nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  DMouse
Keywords: Dmouse
Message-ID: <603@cord.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 88 21:53:42 GMT
References: <8809300637.AA26420@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <501@quintus.UUCP>
Reply-To: nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock)
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In article <501@quintus.UUCP> pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) writes:
>That's just the point.  A window popping up under the mouse wouldn't
>necessarily get focus.  A window would only get focus when the mouse
>moves INTO it.  And conversely, a window would only loose focus when
>the mouse moves into another window, or the focus is changed under
>program control.

I could swear that this actually happened to me once with Dmouse, much to my
surprise.  However, I have not been able to reproduce the result.  I had a 
window which was not active even though the mouse was in it.  When I nudged 
the mouse, the window became active.  No real reason for concern.

>As I see it, if a window that should be given focus pops up NOT under
>the mouse, you have two choices:
>
>	a)  move the window or mouse so that the window is under the
>	    mouse, or
>	b)  allow the window to have focus even though it isn't under
>	    the mouse.
>
>I'm suggesting b.

I agree.

>-Peter Schachte

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