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RE: Release all keys when losing focus?
- To: "Steve Leung" <stevel at psynch dot com>, <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: Release all keys when losing focus?
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:41:02 -0400
Steve,
> As I look back through the xfree changelogs, I notice that as of
> test30 xfree sends release messages for modifier keys when it loses
> Windows keyboard focus.
>
> Is there any reason that this is not done for all keys?
> Once it starts, I can fix the problem by giving focus back to the
> xfree window and hitting the repeated key again, but is this really
> necessary?
The issue you describe could be improved with a little coding. Thank you
for volunteering to fix the problem! I'm looking forward to seeing your
results!
Harold