focus tracking

[Thomas Lübking]

tsts... didn't reply to all, sorry:
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Am Monday 28 June 2010 schrieb Jeremy Whiting:
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:28 AM, Jos Poortvliet > > KMag can zoom in nicely, 
but does not follow the focus of the cursor
> > (only the mouse). This is a major issue. Does anyone know if it is 
possible to let it follow the cursor?

> It is wanted that it follow the text cursor?  I don't think that would be
> too hard but I doubt it's in there already.

text cursors ("I-beam") are a completely client internal concept (esp. with 
non-native widgets or focus buddies) - to the server there are just some black 
pixels in a lot of bright pixels :-)

Ie. it's known that some kbd input goes to a specific window, but how the 
window/application is gonna handle this input, including any visual feedback, 
is a "secret" to anything but the window/app internal logic.

So to solve this for both and either, kmag or kwin, i don't think there's any 
way but adding some sort of protocol (like setting a property on the window 
about the "active I-beam" local position, the toplevel window with the input 
focus as well as it's geometry is public info) that still needs to be 
supported by the toolkits.


Thomas

ps:
i'd happily be wrong if anybody knows better