[Xquartz-dev] 10.5.3/2.3.0-rc2 spaces issue

[Jeremy Huddleston]

I assume you mean 10.5.3 ;)

In any event, please open a bug report for me.  This won't be fixed in  
2.3.0-rc3 which I'm gonna be rolling in the next day or so... but  
hopefully I'll be able to get it fixed for 2.3.0-rc4.

--Jeremy

On May 29, 2008, at 13:46, Jamie Kennea wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've found a spaces issue with 2.3.0-rc2 under 10.4.3, relating to a
> new feature in the 10.4.3 version of Spaces.  The Spaces preference
> now contains a new option, the rather wordy: "When switching to an
> application, switch to a space with open windows for the application".
>
> When this is unchecked, clicking on the Dock icon or using command-tab
> to select it will not automatically switch the space to the
> application, so for example you can open a Safari window on another
> Space by clicking on the Dock icon then pressing command-N. Double
> clicking on the Dock icon will switch to the Space where the active
> window is.
>
> This is basically the implementation of spaces auto switching that I
> had been hoping for since Leopard was released, so I'm very happy.
>
> However - it doesn't work with X11. Clicking the Dock icon once, or
> selecting X11 app with cmd-tab still autoswitches to the space where
> X11 was activated like the old pre 10.4.3 Spaces behaviour, so in
> essence X11 ignores the Spaces preference setting.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jamie
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