Pointer focus don't work; I move the pointer over some other window,
but that window don't get focus. Instead, focus remain at whatever
window that had focus before. Focus is changed only by clicking,
but I don't want to click unnecessarily.

I have tried changing .icewm/preferences, both with iceconf
and vi.  Getting pointer focus to work seems impossible, I have to click.
This used to work fine for many years . . .

What I want, is "focus follow pointer", and "click to raise".
I.e. no auto-raising.  "Click to raise" work as expected.
When experimenting, I managed to get icewm into a weird state
where it raises the window under the mouse pointer, but still
don't give it focus.  Looks like a missed focus call to me...


Contents of my .icewm/preferences, in case it might be of help:
# Generated by IceWM Configuration program 0.99.33
ClickToFocus=0
RaiseOnFocus=0

TaskBarAutoHide=0
TaskBarMailboxStatusBeepOnNewMail=0
TaskBarMailboxStatusCountMessages=0
TaskBarDoubleHeight=0
TaskBarClockLeds=1
MenuMouseTracking=1
TaskBarShowStartMenu=1
TaskBarShowWindowListMenu=1
TaskBarShowCPUStatus=1
TaskBarShowPPPStatus=0
ShowTaskBar=1
TaskBarShowAllWindows=0
TaskBarShowClock=1
TaskBarShowMailboxStatus=0
TaskBarShowWorkspaces=1
TaskBarAtTop=0
QuickSwitchToMinimized=1
QuickSwitchToAllWorkspaces=0
QuickSwitch=1
AutoRaise=0

DesktopBackgroundCenter=1
DelayPointerFocus=0
GrabRootWindow=1
IgnoreNoFocusHint=0
LimitPosition=1
LimitSize=1
ManualPlacement=0
MinimizeToDesktop=1
OpaqueResize=1
OpaqueMove=1
PointerColormap=1
ShowXButton=1
ShowMoveSizeStatus=1
SizeMaximized=0
SnapMove=1
UseMouseWheel=1
WarpPointer=1
Win95Keys=0
EdgeSwitch=0
AutoScrollDelay=60
CornerSizeY=24
CornerSizeX=24
ClickMotionDelay=200
AutoRaiseDelay=0
DlgBorderSizeY=2
DlgBorderSizeX=2
SnapDistance=8
ClickMotionDistance=4
MultiClickTime=400
BorderSizeY=6
BorderSizeX=6
PointerFocusDelay=0
ScrollBarDelay=30
AutoHideDelay=300
TitleBarHeight=20
ToolTipDelay=1000
EdgeSwitchDelay=600
DateFormat="%e. %B %Y"
IconPath=""
TimeFormat="%e /%m %T"
ActiveTaskBarFontName="-b&h-lucida-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
QuickSwitchFontName="-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
ClockFontName="-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-*-*"
MenuFontName="-b&h-lucida-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
NormalTaskBarFontName="-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
StatusFontName="-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
TitleFontName="-b&h-lucida-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
ToolTipFontName="-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
WindowListFontName=""
ClockCommand="xclock"
LockCommand="xlock"
LogoutCommand=""
LogoutCancelCommand=""
MailCommand=""
OpenCommand=""
RunCommand=""
DesktopBackgroundColor=""
DesktopBackgroundImage="/home/helgehaf/foto/utst/img00919.jpg"
Theme="nice/default.theme"
WorkspaceNames=" 1 "," 2 "," 3 "," 4 "

It turns out that icewm still work, after
using the new menu
settings->focus->custom
After that, I get the good old pointer focus specified in the .icewm file.
So, this bug can be closed.

Helge Hafting

Please don't close this bug until the documentation is updated.

Yes, that's true, but the bug is still valid, because the focus
behaviour can't be changed to "focus follows mouse" just by editing
the config file.
-- Ilya Dogolazky