Re: [dwm] make a window unfocussable?

Hi!

dwm doesn't respect WM_HINTS. I discovered this as I played with
onscreen keyboards. You could patch dwm to make this work. But I don't
see any reason why a simple logwin mustn't get focus.

2007/4/4, Karl. <kmw1_AT_free.net.nz>:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:44:04AM +1200, Karl. wrote:
> > Is it possible to make a window that can't be focussed?
>
> Partially answering my own question, xprop reveals something that sounds
> likely, but I can't figure out how to set it. Running xprop on my
> xterm says (amongst other things):
>
> WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
> Client accepts input or input focus: True
>
> I think I want to set that to False. The manpage for xprop tells me
> that I can set properties, but I don't have enough information to make
> it work. I'm not actually sure that xprop can set complex properties
> such as WM_HINTS - it seems to be more aimed at simple properites that
> are true/false/integer/etc. I guess I need to find the specific name of
> the singular focus-controlling property, and/or find a better tool than
> xprop.
>
> Karl.
>
>

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