NagaHuntress 23 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I've created a patch to fix the problem where it was impossible alt-tab (or use any other window manager key combos) to switch away from TDM. This patch works for both windowed and full screen modes.tdm-linux-window-manager-key-fix.txtChanges: - It will no longer grab exclusive input of the keyboard by default. This allows the window manager to process the keyboard input and do things like alt-tabbing. To get the old behaviour set 'in_grabkeyboard' to 1 (Exception: Full screen console will now ungrab, previously only windowed console would ungrab.). - In order to get the above behaviour to work in full screen mode, full screen mode initialisation has been modified so that it asks the window manager to handle the window as a full screen window. To get the old behaviour set 'v_nowmfullscreen' to 1 (this will force it to grab the keyboard input too, regardless of 'in_grabkeyboard' or other conditions).I've only tested it on Linux Mint 17.2, 64 bit. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveL 1042 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks for the patch! This would be something useful we could do for Windows users too. Please open a bugtracker and attach the patch. Do we have any other Linux users building their own TDM right now who can confirm the fix? You can assign the tracker to me in the meantime. If no-one steps forward to build and test it immediately, we can still include it for testing in the next packaged version, which covers both platforms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NagaHuntress 23 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 I''ve gone and submitted it to the bugtracker. I have no power to assign the bug to you, so you or someone lese will need to do that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NagaHuntress 23 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 After some test, I've found that the games doesn't let go of the mouse when it loses focus due to alt tabbing, however, switching workspaces via the keyboard does work to force it to let go. It needs to be modified further so that it will let go of the mouse when it loses focus.I've also tested it on Ubuntu 12.04 and it performs the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveL 1042 Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Ok, shall I hold off on committing your patch until you say? The only reason I didn't commit it right away is I couldn't test it myself. I was looking for another Linux user who builds their own to test it. But I haven't found a volunteer so we‘ll test it with the rest of 2.04, which will remove the "build it yourself" requirement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NagaHuntress 23 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Even with the bug I've mentioned, I find being to alt-tab out of game immensely useful. So, in that respect I'm for putting the patch in as is, but I can certainly understand on holding off until it's of better quality. Regardlees, I'll try and work on a better version of this patch as time permits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NagaHuntress 23 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Okay, I've added 'in_grabmouse' to make the mouse grab behaviour like that of the keyboard's. This will fix the bug where it won't let go of the mouse on loss of focus. It's not the proper fix where it grabs and ungrabs based on focus being gained and lost respectively, but it should work well enough for now. It might have problems if the mouse moves fast enough to escape the window before it moves the cursor back to center.The diff is up on the bug tracker. #4190 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveL 1042 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Thanks very much. To be clear, I was only waiting for the nod from you to say you'd done working on it for now. The small chance of a bug in the circs you describe is much less impact than the current situation, that locks the mouse to the game all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GilGiy 12 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Stupid question but how do I use this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AluminumHaste 1018 Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Okay, I've added 'in_grabmouse' to make the mouse grab behaviour like that of the keyboard's. This will fix the bug where it won't let go of the mouse on loss of focus. It's not the proper fix where it grabs and ungrabs based on focus being gained and lost respectively, but it should work well enough for now. It might have problems if the mouse moves fast enough to escape the window before it moves the cursor back to center. The diff is up on the bug tracker. #4190 If you're on Windows, bringing down the console (CTRL+ALT+~) will allow the mouse to function as normal in Windows. Quote I always assumed I'd taste like boot leather. Link to post Share on other sites
i30817 24 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 This isn't fixed is it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nbohr1more 2062 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Alt Tab is working well in Windows. The Linux patch has not yet been merged and tested. Quote Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod: http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod (Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...) Link to post Share on other sites
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