Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] Add GTK UI to enable basic accessibility (v2)

[Anthony Liguori]

On 02/27/2012 10:39 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>    Hi,
>
> > > That all keyboard inputs are grabbed when the mouse is in the window and
> > > you don't need to press ctrl-alt-g explicitly. And the reverse should
> > > happen when the mouse reaches the window border. Just like under SDL,
> > > give it a try.
> >
> > Right, this was intentional.  I think it's weird that a window would
> > steal input when the mouse moves over it breaking desktop accelerators
> > like alt tab.  If you've ever alt-tab cycled through windows when QEMU
> > is running, if you're unlucky enough to have the mouse where a QEMU
> > window may be, the QEMU instance will steal input and prevent alt-tab
> > from working anymore.
>
> Same is true the other way around.  Working in the guest, then have the
> host desktop grab accelerators can be annoying too.  You might have
> wanted switch *guest* windows with alt tab ;)
>
> It is a tricky usability issue.

Clearly, the GUI needs to read the user's mind to figure out what they meant to 
do :-)

I think a menu option at least let's the user choose the behavior.  I think 
that's the best we're going to be able to do.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> cheers,
>    Gerd