the window manager can intervene to catch more or less any key combinations the user has told it to be interested in. if the user told it use Alt-Tab for focus switching, it will catch that. you can't stop it.
On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:52 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, Paul,
On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If there is a window manager (and there just about always is), you can't
> stop it from doing what it is configured to do. You're just an application,
> and it takes higher priority managing window events than you.
Yes, we are using FVWM as WM.
I got a suggestion to write a function for this WM to stop the
Terminal to appear
when our Lock Screen is active, but here no one is familiar enough with this WM
to write such a function.
And I guess a different route is just not possible.
And I would also guess that even if I put the "stay on top" flag,
pressing the ALT+TAB will
definitely switch the focus. Am I correct?
Thank you.
>
> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, ALL,
>> Is it possible to catch the ALT+TAB when one particular window is
>> displayed and do nothing, i.e. not switch to a different window?
>>
>> We have a program which displays a full sized window without the
>> title. Its role is to Lock screen" - user should not be able to do
>> anything until (s)he supplies password and hit the "Authenticate"
>> button.
>> problem is that t is possible to hit "ALT+TAB" and switch the focus to
>> the window below it (such as Terminal) and type something.
>>
>> We also can't use the lock screen window because of some other issues.
>>
>> So is it possible to catch ALT+TAB and do nothing for one specific window?
>>
>> On the side note - is there a better list (with more traffic) where I
>> can post question like this? Or this list is still good and
>> operational?
>>
>> Thank you.
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