GNU bug report logs - #61319
30.0.50; 'M-x select-frame-by-name' --with-pgtk does not switch focused frame

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>, 61319 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 joseph <at> ferano.io
Subject: Re: bug#61319: 30.0.50; 'M-x select-frame-by-name' --with-pgtk does
 not switch focused frame
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:40:59 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Cc: Joseph Ferano <joseph <at> ferano.io>
>> From: Protesilaos Stavrou <info <at> protesilaos.com>
>> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:52:35 +0200
>> 
>> When using Emacs PGTK, the command 'select-frame-by-name' does not
>> switch focus to the selected frame.  Instead, it selects the buffer on
>> the specified frame, but keeps the current frame in focus.
>> 
>> Steps to reproduce with 'emacs -Q':
>> 
>> 1. In the scratch buffer, do 'M-x make-frame'
>> 2. In one of the two frames, switch to another buffer, such as "*Messages*".
>> 3. Do 'M-x select-frame-by-name' and select the other frame.
>
> You are saying that select-frame-set-input-focus doesn't move the
> input focus to the newly-selected frame?  But that is only "best
> effort":
>
>   select-frame-set-input-focus is a byte-compiled Lisp function in
>   ‘frame.el’.
>
>   (select-frame-set-input-focus FRAME &optional NORECORD)
>
>   Select FRAME, raise it, and set input focus, if possible.
>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Perhaps Po Lu could try fixing this, but in general Lisp programs and
> users should not rely on success in these cases, because the WM can
> actively prevent Emacs from giving the frame input focus.

The Wayland protocol itself prevents Emacs from doing this.

GTK 3 uses a private Wayland protocol extension named ``gtk-shell''
which is implemented only by GNOME's Wayland compositor; it does not
support the other extension typically used to activate toplevels.

Unless you're using GNOME Shell, I don't think we will be able to make
this work, sorry.  If you do, however, it should already work.  So
please tell us what Wayland compositor you are using.

Thanks.

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