Re: Is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing



Paul et al,
Any idea how to configure FVWM to not to give focus to xterm if one
specific window is displayed?

I tried:

[code]
Key <my_window_name> Tab A M WindowList("!xterm")
[/code]

but it doesn't work.

Thank you.


On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com> wrote:
the window manager can intervene to catch more or less any key combinations
the user has told it to be interested in. if the user told it use Alt-Tab
for focus switching, it will catch that. you can't stop it.

On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01 gmail com> wrote:

Hi, Paul,

On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>
wrote:
If there is a window manager (and there just about always is), you can't
stop it from doing what it is configured to do. You're just an
application,
and it takes higher priority managing window events than you.

Yes, we are using FVWM as WM.
I got a suggestion to write a function for this WM to stop the
Terminal to appear
when our Lock Screen is active, but here no one is familiar enough with
this WM
to write such a function.

And I guess a different route is just not possible.

And I would also guess that even if I put the "stay on top" flag,
pressing the ALT+TAB will
definitely switch the focus. Am I correct?

Thank you.


On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01 gmail com> wrote:

 Hi, ALL,
Is it possible to catch the ALT+TAB when one particular window is
displayed and do nothing, i.e. not switch to a different window?

We have a program which displays a full sized window without the
title. Its role is to Lock screen" - user should not be able to do
anything until (s)he supplies password and hit the "Authenticate"
button.
problem is that t is possible to hit "ALT+TAB" and switch the focus to
the window below it (such as Terminal) and type something.

We also can't use the lock screen window because of some other issues.

So is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing for one specific
window?

On the side note - is there a better list (with more traffic) where I
can post  question like this? Or this list is still good and
operational?

Thank you.
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