Re: [dwm] remembering client order in each tag

On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:37:05PM -0500, Seth Graham wrote:
> Sander van Dijk wrote:
> >
> >So preserving z-ordering "per tag" (and all tag combinations, since
> >you can view multiple tags at once) is a nono. However, preserving
> >z-ordering globally should be possible (and I believe that would lead
> >to the behavior you want too by the way), and might be a good idea.
>
> I'm 100% not sure this is related to the discussion, but it seems to be
> sort of the same problem:
>
> z-ordering within a single tag doesn't even work consistently. I use dwm
> exclusively in float mode, and use mod1+mouse1 to raise windows to the
> top of the stack, in addition to mod1+tab.
>
> This invites all sorts of random behavior, whether one tag or more is
> being displayed.
>
> Open three xterms in a single tag, overlay them in a cascade and bring
> each one to the top of the stack to witness it. It only gets worse when
> more clients are open, and multiple tags are being viewed.
>
> In most window managers I have used, bringing a client to the top
> effects only that client. Bring a second client to the top, and the same
> thing happens. With dwm, bringing a client forward can send the old top
> level client all the way to the back, somewhere in the middle, or
> directly beneath the new top level client. It may bring other clients to
> the top, ones nowhere near where the action is taking place.
>
> To be fair, repeat the same action with the same two windows and they
> will reorder in the same way each time, but the system itself makes very
> little sense.

I can reproduce your behavior. It is related to restack(). When
thinking about a fix for this, I got the idea, that bringing
floating clients to the lists top on any raise will preserve the
z layer order. But this needs further checking.

Regards,

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