steamcompmgr: Set _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW when raising X11 windows #2063
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By EWMH, the root window should have _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW holding the id of the currently focused window, some applications rely on it when _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW is supported to track focus, including wine >= 10.0
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…der gamescope. gamescope does not set the NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW property in the root window, meaning we can't rely on it to track focus or some games will keep input focus regardless of what window is on top gamescope pull request: ValveSoftware/gamescope#2063 CW-Bug-Id: #26217
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| Window id = xwayland().id; | ||
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| XRaiseWindow(ctx->dpy, id); | ||
| XChangeProperty(ctx->dpy, ctx->root, XInternAtom(ctx->dpy, "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW", false), |
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By EWMH, the root window should have _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW holding the id
of the currently focused window, some applications rely on it when
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW is supported to track focus, including wine >= 10.0