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author | Elijah Newren <newren gmail com> | 2007-06-08 15:28:48 +0000 |
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committer | Elijah Newren <newren@src.gnome.org> | 2007-06-08 15:28:48 +0000 |
commit | 6e700134128102b8a1df80e4838893622e26f692 (patch) | |
tree | 0971a168c4ab959e25c3088599a2bf07ffd8acb0 /src | |
parent | ff33209e1faafe23c5706ab4f0cfa702bb4655e1 (diff) | |
download | metacity-6e700134128102b8a1df80e4838893622e26f692.tar.gz |
Update the raise_on_click description to try to prevent misuses, to
2007-06-08 Elijah Newren <newren gmail com>
* src/metacity.schemas.in:
Update the raise_on_click description to try to prevent misuses,
to appropriately warn users, and to stop wasting the time of
application developers. #445447, #389923
svn path=/trunk/; revision=3234
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r-- | src/metacity.schemas.in | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/metacity.schemas.in b/src/metacity.schemas.in index 05c24bca..5929342f 100644 --- a/src/metacity.schemas.in +++ b/src/metacity.schemas.in @@ -93,14 +93,29 @@ <short>Whether raising should be a side-effect of other user interactions</short> <long> + Setting this option to false can lead to buggy behavior, so + users are strongly discouraged from changing it from the default + of true. + Many actions (e.g. clicking in the client area, moving or resizing the window) normally raise the window as a side-effect. Set this option to false to decouple raising from other user actions. Even when this option is false, windows can still be raised by an alt-left-click anywhere on the window, a - normal click on the window decorations, or by special messages, - such as activation requests from pagers. This option is - currently disabled in click-to-focus mode. + normal click on the window decorations, or by special messages + from pagers, such as activation requests from tasklist applets. + This option is currently disabled in click-to-focus mode. + + Note that the list of ways to raise windows when raise_on_click + is false does not include programmatic requests from + applications to raise windows; such requests will be ignored + regardless of the reason for the request. If you are an + application developer and have a user complaining that your + application does not work with this setting disabled, tell them + it is _their_ fault for breaking their window manager and that + they need to change this option back to true or live with the + bug they requested. See also + http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445447#c6. </long> </locale> </schema> |