FreeLists / haiku-appserver / [haiku-appserver] Re: Focus

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Now for the active window tab - I think it's a good idea to keep
> > the
> > border of a window with floating windows active at all times -
> > because
> > only then you know to which window the floating windows belong.
> > Maybe
> > we should even introduce a third color state for this case, as it
> > wouldn't work to well with FFM if it would be the same.
> > In any case, I think floating windows should just behave like any
> > other
> > window - ie. they can be active.
> I think you're forgetting that floating windows of inactive windows
> are
> automatically hidden. IAW, all floating windows currently on screen
> belong to
> the same currently active app/window.

Actually, I'm not forgetting about it. Just consider the case when you
have more than one document open in an application like ArtPaint; they
all have the same floating windows and you can hardly tell the window
they are targetting.

Bye,
   Axel.