Re: Octave plot window input focus

[Michael D Godfrey]

On 01/31/2010 01:21 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:

On 31-Jan-2010, David Grundberg wrote:

| ----- Ursprungsmeddelande -----
| > I was checking on matlab behavior and noticed that
| > when a command that creates a plot window is
| > executed:
| >
| > In matlab, the plot window has focus, but keyboard input goes
| > to the command window without having to switch focus.
| >
| > In Octave, the plot window has focus, but keyboard input
| > does not go to the command window.  Focus has to be switched
| > to the command window for input.
| >
| > This has been true, at least on X11  Linux systems for many years.
| > But, it has always seemed to me that it would be much better if
| > input focus stayed with the command window.
| >
| > Do people agree that this change would be a good idea (not
| > just for matlab compatibility)?  And, if so, any ideas where to look in the
| > Octave code to implement the change?
| >
| > There are two possible changes:
| >
| > 1. Do just like matlab.
| >
| > 2. Keep focus with the command window so that it is more obvious that
| >        the window will accept keyboard input.
| >
| > Michael
| >
| 
| Just keep it simple and keep the focus where it was. I don't think anyone but the user should decide where focus is. I insist - don't copy matlab on this.

I also find that applications that move the focus to be very annoying,
so let's not copy this by default.  If people really want this
feature, then let's make it configurable and NOT the default.

jwe
  

No one who has commented (and no one that I know) likes the current keyboard focus
change.  So, I doubt if making it configurable is necessary.

Ben Abbott pointed out that  both keyboard focus and visibility need to be considered.
Having plot windows visible is usually good.  But this may not make sense
when the are many plot windows on the screen.  It may be a good choice to keep the
current figure window on top but always have focus on the command window.  The
highest priority should be to stop switching priority.  It appears that everyone is opposed
to switching focus away from the command window.

Does this sound reasonable?  Are there other suggestions to consider?

Michael