GNU bug report logs - #21864
25.0.50; `raise-frame' steals focus some time after being called if the frame was iconified

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 18:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 21864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>, 21864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21864: 25.0.50; `raise-frame' steals focus some time after
 being called if the frame was iconified
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2015 19:24:33 +0100

>      (let ((cur (selected-frame)))
>        (raise-frame other-frame)
>        (select-frame cur))
>
> Result: Even though that snippet ends with `(select-frame cur)', focus
> is left on `other-frame'.

‘raise-frame’ requires an interaction with the window manager.  If the
latter decides that raising a minimized frame will give focus to that
frame that's it.

You might want to look into bug#745 where you can find many references
to window manager behaviors and older discussions on emacs-devel.

martin
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