Focus parents of dismissed transient windows in preference to the window

2005-02-02  Elijah Newren  <newren@gmail.com>

	Focus parents of dismissed transient windows in preference to the
	window that most recently had keyboard focus.  Fixes #157360.

	* doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt: Note the distinction between
	"most recently used window" and "most recent to have keyboard
	focus" that we are now making.

	* src/workspace.c: (focus_ancestor_or_mru_window): rename from
	meta_workspace_focus_mru_window, and first check whether we need
	to focus an ancestor window before looking for the mru window,
	(record_ancestor): helper function for
	focus_ancestor_or_mru_window,
	(meta_workspace_focus_default_window): update due to the function
	rename from meta_workspace_focus_mru_window to
	focus_ancestor_or_mru_window

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+2005-02-02  Elijah Newren  <newren@gmail.com>
+
+	Focus parents of dismissed transient windows in preference to the
+	window that most recently had keyboard focus.  Fixes #157360.
+
+	* doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt: Note the distinction between
+	"most recently used window" and "most recent to have keyboard
+	focus" that we are now making.
+
+	* src/workspace.c: (focus_ancestor_or_mru_window): rename from
+	meta_workspace_focus_mru_window, and first check whether we need
+	to focus an ancestor window before looking for the mru window,
+	(record_ancestor): helper function for
+	focus_ancestor_or_mru_window,
+	(meta_workspace_focus_default_window): update due to the function
+	rename from meta_workspace_focus_mru_window to
+	focus_ancestor_or_mru_window
+
 2005-01-31  Elijah Newren  <newren@gmail.com>
 
 	Try 2 to correct misleading and inaccurate wording.  Hopefully,

doc/how-to-get-focus-right.txt

@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ Focus method  Behavior
     mouse     Focus the window containing the pointer if there is one,
               otherwise focus the designated "no_focus_window".
 
+Note that "most recently used window", as used here, has a slightly
+different connotation than "most recent to have keyboard focus".  This
+is because when a user activates a window that is a transient, its
+ancestor(s) should be considered to be more recently used than other
+windows that have had the keyboard focus more recently.  (See bug
+157360; this may mean that the alt-tab order should also change
+simultaneously, although the current implementation does not do that.)
+
 Also, sometimes a new window will be mapped (e.g. unminimizing a
 window or launching a new application).  Most users want to interact
 with new windows right away, so these should typically be focused.

src/workspace.c

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 void meta_workspace_queue_calc_showing   (MetaWorkspace *workspace);
 static void set_active_space_hint        (MetaScreen *screen);
-static void meta_workspace_focus_mru_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
+static void focus_ancestor_or_mru_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
                                           MetaWindow    *not_this_one,
                                           Time           timestamp);
 
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ meta_workspace_focus_default_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
 
 
   if (meta_prefs_get_focus_mode () == META_FOCUS_MODE_CLICK)
-    meta_workspace_focus_mru_window (workspace, not_this_one, timestamp);
+    focus_ancestor_or_mru_window (workspace, not_this_one, timestamp);
   else
     {
       MetaWindow * window;
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ meta_workspace_focus_default_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
             }
         }
       else if (meta_prefs_get_focus_mode () == META_FOCUS_MODE_SLOPPY)
-        meta_workspace_focus_mru_window (workspace, not_this_one, timestamp);
+        focus_ancestor_or_mru_window (workspace, not_this_one, timestamp);
       else if (meta_prefs_get_focus_mode () == META_FOCUS_MODE_MOUSE)
         {
           meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS,
@@ -850,9 +850,21 @@ meta_workspace_focus_default_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
     }
 }
 
-/* Focus MRU window (or top window if failed) on active workspace */
+static gboolean
-void
+record_ancestor (MetaWindow *window,
-meta_workspace_focus_mru_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
+                 void       *data)
+{
+  MetaWindow **result = data;
+
+  *result = window;
+  return FALSE; /* quit with the first ancestor we find */
+}
+
+/* Focus ancestor of not_this_one if there is one, otherwise focus the MRU
+ * window on active workspace
+ */
+static void
+focus_ancestor_or_mru_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
                               MetaWindow    *not_this_one,
                               Time           timestamp)
 {
@@ -862,7 +874,33 @@ meta_workspace_focus_mru_window (MetaWorkspace *workspace,
   if (not_this_one)
     meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS,
                 "Focusing MRU window excluding %s\n", not_this_one->desc);
+  else
+    meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS,
+                "Focusing MRU window\n");
 
+  /* First, check to see if we need to focus an ancestor of a window */  
+  if (not_this_one)
+    {
+      MetaWindow *ancestor;
+      ancestor = NULL;
+      meta_window_foreach_ancestor (not_this_one, record_ancestor, &ancestor);
+      if (ancestor != NULL)
+        {
+          meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS,
+                      "Focusing %s, ancestor of %s\n", 
+                      ancestor->desc, not_this_one->desc);
+      
+          meta_window_focus (ancestor, timestamp);
+
+          /* Also raise the window if in click-to-focus */
+          if (meta_prefs_get_focus_mode () == META_FOCUS_MODE_CLICK)
+            meta_window_raise (ancestor);
+
+          return;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /* No ancestor, look for the MRU window */
   tmp = workspace->mru_list;  
 
   while (tmp)