Review Request 121806: Allow desktop shell to force a window active

[Martin Gräßlin]

> On Jan. 3, 2015, 3:49 p.m., David Edmundson wrote:
> > Adding a method to one class (DesktopView) to manipulate another an instance of another class (Dialog) whilst using nothing from DesktopView to me seems like poor API.
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> > I'd consider
> > Q_INVOKABLE forceActiveFocus() on Plasma::Dialog
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> Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:
>     I know it's not pretty but I don't want to put that in such a prominent position right in Dialog. We already have the gentle requestActivate which KWin's focus stealing prevention will cancel if it would interrupt you.
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>     Sure, everyone (like I just did or like Kicker does) could write a KWindowSystem wrapper import but we shouldn't encourage forcing activation, it's fine for the shell but not for everyone.

we should consider providing a proper KWindowSystem declarative API which provides access to all the methods.

I think that the method has nothing to do in either DesktopView nor in Dialog. From Plasma point ov view it shouldn't be part of the API (after all it's just a workaround for one windowing system).


- Martin


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On Jan. 3, 2015, 4:07 p.m., Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 3, 2015, 4:07 p.m.)
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> Review request for Plasma and Martin Gräßlin.
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> Repository: plasma-workspace
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> Description
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> This way the Desktop containment can eventually force the widget explorer and activity explorer active so they always accept keyboard input. Currently often you end up with a visibly focussed (ie. blinking cursor) panel but you cannot enter anything.
> It is in the desktopview and not in some global import to minimize misuse outside the workspace scope.
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> Diffs
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>   shell/desktopview.h ea9e555 
>   shell/desktopview.cpp bbe16f2 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/121806/diff/
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> Testing
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> In conjunction with a patch plasma-desktop, pressing Meta+Q at any given time causes the activity manager to open and it accepts keyboard events, entering a new activity name, etc works.
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> Thanks,
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> Kai Uwe Broulik
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