Menu placement

[Adrian Robert]

> I'm using WindowMaker on Debian with sloppy focus. That leads to the
> problem, that the application menu vanishes if I cross another window 
> on
> my way from the app window to the menu. The only app that differs is

I've also been having focus problems with GNUstep apps.  I had thought 
maybe the problem was I'm using sawfish and switching to windowmaker 
would fix it but I guess not!

Specifically:

In "sloppy" focus mode (sawfish calls it "enter-exit"), my app menu 
will disappear once I leave the app main window.  If I set "enter-only" 
focus, I can keep the menu there if I stay only on the root window with 
the mouse after leaving the main window.  In either case, I also get 
auto-raise behavior (which I don't want) for application main windows, 
which sometimes interacts badly with (I guess) sawfish, causing 
flashing back and forth between windows when they overlap.

If I switch to "click to focus" mode, my app menu will stay there, but 
it does not respond to mouse clicks.  (I think they are always 
interpreted as "focus" clicks and not being passed to the app.)

I am wondering:

- Is there any way to disable the "autoraise" feature (which is usually 
something managed by the window manager anyway, not the app)?

- Is there any way to cause the app menus to be mapped as transient 
dialogs (or whatever they are called in X-speak) that do NOT disappear 
if their parent window loses focus?

I am hoping that the answer to all of this is not, "You MUST use 
click-to-focus mode and pass-first-click-to-application in order to use 
GNUstep."...

tia,
Adrian