bjs@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Barry Sherman) (03/13/91)
I have what seems to be a strange situation. When running
on a Sun Sparkstation with the Openwindows server and Motif 1.0
window manager there are anomalies with keyboard focus.
Basically what happens is that I have Mwm*keyboardFocusPolicy set to
"pointer". Then, at seemingly random intervals, one of two problems
occurs.
1. The first and least important problem is that I move the pointer
from window A to window B, where either may be "xterm" or a
self-written motif-library-using program. The window decoration
of window B changes to that specified by "activeForeground" but
keystrokes continue to be directed to window A. This continues
for a little while (a few seconds) and then keystrokes commence to
be directed to window B.
2. The second and more important problem is that I move the
pointer out of a window (say, an xterm), the cursor changes shape
as appropriate for the widgets which it traverses after leaving the
xterm window, but the original window retain the focus. All events
continue to go to it. It's decoration background color does not
change from "activeBackground" to "background". It's as if the
pointer was never moved.
These effects seems to occur more frequently when the machine
is heavily loaded and response time is longish.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? Any suggestions as to
cause? Cure?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Barry Sherman Amdahl Corp.
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