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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

956.0. "Input focus at image exit" by TOOLS::DBROWN () Thu Jun 15 1989 11:17

We're having a problem with input focus in VAX DATATRIEVE.  The problem
is that when the user exits from DATATRIEVE, input focus is not returned
to the window from which DATATRIEVE was invoked.  The result is that no
window has input focus until the user clicks on a window.

Isn't this supposed to be handled automatically by the DECwindows Manager?
If so, could we be doing something inside of DATATRIEVE that would prevent
input focus from being managed properly after image exit?

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956.1 PSW::WINALSKI Careful with that VAX, Eugene Fri Jun 16 1989 20:55 8

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956.1		PSW::WINALSKI	Careful with that VAX, Eugene	`Fri Jun 16 1989 20:55`	8
	DATATRIEVE isn't doing anything wrong. I've seen this in lots of other applications as well. That's just the way it is with the DECwindows window manager. To be fair, focus management is a very difficult problem, and returning focus to the terminal emulator from which DATATRIEVE was invoked is not always the right thing to do. --PSW

DATATRIEVE isn't doing anything wrong.  I've seen this in lots of other
applications as well.  That's just the way it is with the DECwindows window
manager.  To be fair, focus management is a very difficult problem, and 
returning focus to the terminal emulator from which DATATRIEVE was invoked is
not always the right thing to do.

--PSW