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From: jimf%saber@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: proper way to get keypress events within override-redirect windows
Message-ID: <9003022203.AA18830@armory>
Date: 2 Mar 90 22:03:11 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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I have an Xt application which wants an XtPopup window to be
override-redirect (XtNoverrideRedirect True) but still wants
KeyPress events.

This works fine as-is under twm, but fails under olwm (which is much
more stringent on the InputHint == True requirement).

If I try to use Xt to set XtNinput to True for the popup window, this
setting is ignored (ie the property is never set).  If I set the hint
directly via XLib, olwm recognizes that the window should receive
input, but the keypress events seem to get eaten by Xt (ie the popup
never sees them).

I think I'm missing something simple here.  What window manager hints
should be set for an override-redirect window which wants keyboard
input?  I've tried grabbing the keyboard which had the same results as
setting the input hint with XLib except that other clients could no
longer get keyboard events, something which I wish to avoid.  Is there
something special I should do with Xt?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am on a tight schedule and
really don't have time to fool around with this problem much longer.

Thanks in advance,

jim frost
saber software
jimf@saber.com