Re: [MiNT] Iconified windows and button events under XaAES

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:29:54 , "Jo Even Skarstein" <joska@online.no> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi
> > [mailto:mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi]On Behalf Of J. F. Lemaire
> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:14 AM
> > To: mint
> > Subject: [MiNT] Iconified windows and button events under XaAES
> >
> >
> > I can't get iconified windows under XaAES to trigger events. It's as if
> > as soon as a window is iconified the AES no longer registers button
>
> A brief look in the code suggests that this should work, but I'm probably
> wrong. I have never tried to process button-events on a iconified window.
>
> > events in it. Aren't iconified windows supposed to behave more or less
> > like normal windows? I haven't found the various documentations
> > particularly clear on that point.
>
> IMHO it's not logical to interact with the contents of an iconified window.
> It's a representation of the actual contents, not a mini-window intended for
> interaction. Un-iconify the window if you need to interact with it's
> contents.
>
> > that I tried his MyJester application under NAES back in the days. This
> > app displays pictures in an iconified window and when clicked opens a
> > bubblegem message. It worked under NAES but nothing happens under
> > XaAES, which leads me to believe that my own application is not at
> > fault.
>
> It also suggests that I'm wrong when I assume that it should work under
> XaAES ;-) So I tried it, and I couldn't get any mouse events on iconified
> windows either.
>
> Jo Even
>
>
>

I tried MyJester too. It doesn't work under XaAES but it used to
work under Naes. I always thought it quite clever/strange that
an iconified window could do this.


Peter