Re: [dwm] make a window unfocussable?

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 08:12:21AM +0200, Enno Gottox Boland wrote:
> 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.

I can confirm that. dwm doesn't supports this specific hint for
simplicity reasons. Also, how would one close an unfocussable
app? Using kill only?

Regards,
Anselm

> 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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