Re: extended WM_TRANSIENT_FOR (was Re: _NET: Disabling shading)

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 17:18, Rob Adams wrote:
> KWin marks the window with the _NEEDS_ATTENTION hint when it is
> prevented from stealing focus.  Assistive technologies could pick up on
> this hint.

ATs do not (and should not, IMO) listen directly to WM hints.  If
additional API is needed it would have to go into the GNOME accessibilty
infrastructure.  However I don't see a good justification for this in
the current case.

- Bill

> 
> On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 05:58, Bill Haneman wrote:
> 
> > I certainly hope this feature is optional.  I can foresee accessibility
> > problems with it; at this time assistive technologies use
> > window-activation as their means of knowing that something needs or is
> > trying to get the user's attention, for instance warning dialogs, etc. 
> > Windows that aren't activated are generally ignored.  
> > 
> > A sighted user can 'see' that a new window has been posted, or has been
> > raised, etc. and that its content has changed, but blind users must rely
> > on the AT and WM for that.  We have enshrined the 'focus on create'
> > policy and also the notion that alerts, etc. must steal focus in order
> > to be heard.
> > 
> > - Bill
> > 
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