X11: Mouse button down not triggered subsequently after mouse button was only lifted while minimized.

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This bug report was migrated from our old Bugzilla tracker.

Reported in version: 2.0.9
Reported for operating system, platform: Linux, x86_64

Comments on the original bug report:

On 2019-04-15 01:05:56 +0000, wrote:

I find unexpected behavior when having SDL_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH enabled together with setting borderless window.

Steps to replicate:

1. Make the SDL2 window borderless.
2. Minimize the SDL2 window.
3. Raise the SDL2 window.
4. Click on another window to defocus. (I find this step is not needed on GNOME, but does on some other DE's)
5. Click back in SDL2 window.

Upon clicking in the window in step 5, the expected behavior is that the click is registered and a SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN event is sent, but it does not.

SDL_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH works as expected otherwise.

On 2019-04-17 02:37:31 +0000, Sam Lantinga wrote:

I don't have a test setup to reproduce this, but tested patches are welcome!

On 2019-04-17 03:44:17 +0000, wrote:

I have done some more testing and I believe I understand the issue better now. My initial report was wrong.

Its not because of being borderless exactly, I see that is it caused by minimizing the window while the mouse button is held down. (Such as what happens when a program is drawing its own window controls.)

It seems SDL is excepting a SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP before it will register another SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN for a mouse button.

But a SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP does not resister as the window is minimized.

Is this behavior a bug? And/or is there a way I can reset the events so a click down can be registered without subsequent click up?

On 2019-04-17 04:03:39 +0000, wrote:

Actually, I can workaround this issue by introducing a delay of about 80ms before using SDL_MinimizeWindow() after a click.

I notice this complication does not occur on Windows.

I don't mind if this bug report is closed now. I'm not sure if this is a valid bug or not. Apologies for the noise.

[slouken]

I believe this is fixed in the latest SDL release. Please feel free to reopen this if that's not the case.