From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27867 invoked by alias); 5 Dec 2011 00:38:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 27859 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Dec 2011 00:38:33 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from stargate.mehconsulting.com (HELO stargate.mehconsulting.com) (65.78.188.61) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:38:20 +0000 Received: from [10.1.1.70] (Atlantis.mehconsulting.com [10.1.1.70]) (authenticated bits=0) by stargate.mehconsulting.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pB50cJpG020238 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:38:19 -0800 Message-ID: <4EDC1255.3060101@Winfirst.Com> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:44:00 -0000 From: Mark Hansen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: XTerms show up behind other Windows/XP/7 application windows when launched Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00019.txt.bz2 I've been using the X server that comes with Cygwin for a long time, and one thing that I've never been able to find a solution for is that many times when launching an XTerm window, it comes up behind other applications running on the Windows/XP/7 display. I'm using Windows/XP at work and Windows 7 at home, and it happens in both places. The other Windows applications (native Windows applications, not X applications) are not configured to stay on top or anything like that. I do use Focus Follows Mouse (a Windows feature) but even when I don't move the mouse after launching an XTerm, the new XTerm window can come up behind other windows. I see the application icon show up in the application bar (across the bottom of the display) and can click on that to cause the XTerm to come to the front, but it's really annoying that it doesn't show at the front when it first comes up. Is there something I can do to make this work properly? The X Server version is currently 1.10.1-1 (built 2011-04-22), but like I say, it's been happening for a long time, going back years. Thanks, -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/