[Lazarus] usability: please not focus the messages window, only bring to front

[Martin]

On 22/05/2012 06:50, zeljko wrote:
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> On Tuesday 22 of May 2012 03:16:42 Bernd wrote:
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> > 2012/5/21 Martin <lazarus at mfriebe.de>:
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> > > Except, this patch will alter behaviour  that currently works.  If the
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> > > msg window is buried behind lots of other IDE window, it will 
> currently
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> > > end up 2nd (on windows) with only the source editor on top.
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> > > That is useful. And worxs (on w32)
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> >
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> > Ok, i have another patch (undo the other one and apply this one
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> > instead). It puts an Application.ProcessMessages between the two
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> > window manipulations. Now it does not change behavior and this also
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> > fixes all my bugs.
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> >
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> Then it will be better to find out what's needed to be changed inside 
> widgetset.There's already routine which checks wm name, so eg.
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> if GetWM = 'xfwm' then do
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> somethingElse();
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> Also best would be to create example (if possible) which reproduces 
> problem - then it won't be hard to fix I guess.
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>

+1

The problem with a global ProcessMessages is, that it processes all 
messages. Under heav load, that can include the next key-stroke, and the 
method can be re-entered.

as far as I can see that, somewhere the GTK-interface is sending the 
"activate win" connamd to gtk2. At this point, it might need to handle 
certain (but not all) messages.
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