[Bug 2155] Failure of SetFocus, SetActiveWindow and SetForegroundWindow

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2155

Robert Walker  changed:

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--- Comment #19 from Robert Walker  2013-03-06 12:51:08 CST ---
Still present in 1.5.5

Note, the keyboard focus does get set to the other window, so there shouldn't
be problems of accessibility for blind users.

But for sighted users, the window with the keyboard focus doesn't get brought
to the front and so if hidden behind another window, they can't see it. Also,
the caption highlight doesn't change - the caption of the window with the focus
doesn't get highlighted. In Windows the window with the keyboard focus should
always be highlighted so that the user always knows which window will receive
their keystrokes at any time.

WORK AROUND FOR THIS BUG FOR DEVELOPERS WANTING TO MAKE YOUR APP WINE
COMPATIBLE

In my own program as a work around, when it detects that it is running under
Wine, I destroy a window and recreate it again whenever the user sets focus to
it in this way, as a way to bring it to the front and set the keyboard focus to
it. This could be a suitable work around in situations where you can destroy a
window easily and re-create it without losing data.