[Bug 38786] New: An EXE that only creates a WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW window isn't given focus (or returned focus).

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38786

Bug ID: 38786
           Summary: An EXE that only creates a WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW window
                    isn't given focus (or returned focus).
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.7.38
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

It seems only WS_EX_APPWINDOW windows are given focus by Wine on application
startup (I.E. windows that have a taskbar button).

Windows that do not appear in the taskbar are not given focus by Wine when an
application is started.  Additionally, if the user gives focus to that window
using the mouse, things like MessageBox (I.E. another window that takes focus)
do not return focus to a tool-window that last had focus.  Instead, focus is
only returned to the last window which had focus and also has a taskbar button.

[Bug 38786] An EXE that only creates a WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW window isn't given focus (or returned focus).

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38786

--- Comment #1 from Jason  ---
I can see there was a workaround written in 2008 to fix other software that
experienced an issue like this:

https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2008-April/052861.html

I think it changed the tool-window priority so WS_DLGFRAME &
WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME windows used x11drv_atom(_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG) before
reverting to the existing mode that has problems.

In my case, this won't work - the window I am using has no frame, it's just the
clipping window [undetailed window] of a Direct-X VMR9 video renderer, so it
looks "clean" while watching videos.

[Bug 38786] An EXE that only creates a WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW window isn't given focus (or returned focus).

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38786

--- Comment #2 from Jason  ---
This is actually a bit funny, but I can't find that patched code (or anything
like it) in the current source code of Wine.  Wine doesn't seem to use (other
than defining it and some text) the _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY anymore.

Was it all re-written?

Although I do get borders (frames) when I set them for testing, I still don't
get focus unless I use WS_EX_APPWINDOW.  If it was re-written, did it break the
resolved bug(s) referred to in the patch link comments above?

...Scratching head...

[Bug 38786] An EXE that only creates a WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW window isn't given focus (or returned focus).

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38786

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--- Comment #3 from KRosUser  ---
Do you have a sample application to test this ?