Re: How can I raise and focus a window if I don't have the window manager?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

"godsatan" <godsatan kimo com tw> writes:
> I have three windows, main_window, mail_window, and mail_content_window.
> This system is without window manger. I need show mail_window and let it
> getting focus when user press a specific key on main_window. And then popup
> a mail_content_window when user press enter key on mail_window. I use
> gtk_widget_show() and gtk_window_activate_focus() to implement what i need.
> The problem is only main_window and mail_window can get focus then get the
> events. I couldn't switch focus from mail_content_window to mail_window
> because it didn't get the focus. But mail_content_window is indeed showed.
> Dose anyone can give me some advice about how to raise and focus a window if
> I don't have the window manager?

gdk_window_show() will raise the window, and you have to include
gdk/gdkx.h and use XSetInputFocus () to set the focus.

Havoc