Re: [e-users] Bad interaction with KDE taskbar (kicker): clicking on taskbar doesn't raise windows

[Kim W. <ki...@wo...>]

Dev Singh wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I love E.  Unfortunately, I'm having a problem that is threatening to
> drive me back into the arms of kwin, the KDE default window manager.  If
> someone here can help, I'll be very grateful. :-)
> 
> The problem occurs when I have multiple windows open.  Clicking on a
> window's entry the taskbar (kicker) doesn't raise the window.  The only
> way to raise a window is to right-click on its entry in kicker, choose
> minimize from the pop-up menu, right-click again, and un-minimize.  As
> you can imagine, this is a big pain and makes E unusable.
> 
> There is a variation on this where I start a new app and the other
> windows disappear (even though they show as normal not as "minimized" in
> kicker).  Again, I have to go through this cumbersome sequence to get
> them back.
>  
> I think the problem is that KDE and E disagree about the stacking order.
>  That's just a hunch though.  Or maybe it's a difference in interpreting
> NetWM.  BTW I have checked to make sure none of the windows are set to
> "Remember..." their stacking order.  Also I have turned on "All new
> windows first get the focus" and "Raise windows on focus switch."
>  
> You'd think others would have had this problem, but I've searched for
> over half an hour on the list archives and the web, and I haven't been
> able to find any references.  Has anyone else seen this?
>  
Works fine here with kde-3.5.4 and e16 versions 0.16.7.x and 0.16.8.x.
What are your KDE and E versions?

/Kim