[winswitch] Xterm menus no mouse tracking

[Antoine Martin]

Hi,

On 23/10/2018 15:05, Ben Jackson via shifter-users wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> When I run xterm under xpra, and connect to it, the menus (ctrl left/middle/right click) don't work properly. They show up, but the selection does not track the mouse.
It does, but only on the region of the window that doesn't overlap with
the main xterm window.

> I'm trying to work out if this is an xpra issue or a setup issue, and wonder if someone could confirm/deny the behaviour?
Confirmed. You've just spotted a regression which is more than 2 years
old. TBH, I really didn't expect this to be a regression seeing how
often I use xterm for testing, but I never noticed that problem.

You can workaround this issue by running your server with:
XPRA_REPARENT_ROOT=0 xpra start ...

I'm hoping to find a solution that does not involve reverting the this
change, for more details see:
https://xpra.org/trac/ticket/1999

Cheers,
Antoine


> Steps to reproduce:
> 1.     Start xpra on RH7 host with (xpra start :1009 -start=xterm)
> 2.     Connect to that session
> 3.     In the xterm window, ctrl-right-click to see the vt menu. Try and select an option.
> Expected:
> -       Options highlight until the mouse button is released and the highlighted option is actioned
> Actual:
> -       Options do not track with the mouse and no option is actioned on mouse up.
> 
> My system info:
> 
> I'm running xpra server on RH7 host and start up an xterm. (e.g. xpra start :1009 --start=xterm).
> I connect to this session from Windows.
> Server version: xpra v2.3.2-r19729
> Client version: Xpra 2.4 revision 20265 built on Win7Pro64-PC by Win7 Pro 64 2018-09-01 09:03
> 
> Xterm version:
> 
> ukwok-pc1385-vpc7(benj) users/benj>xterm -version
> XTerm(331)
> 
> Thanks a lot. Let me know if there's anything else I can do for diagnostics, etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben
> 
> 
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