Bug 1838464 - Window selection by mouse click is not working
Summary: Window selection by mouse click is not working
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-utils
Version: 32
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-05-21 08:29 UTC by akborder
Modified: 2020-05-25 10:13 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-05-25 10:13:52 UTC
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Description akborder 2020-05-21 08:29:09 UTC 
Description of problem:
Utilities like xwininfo and xprop allow the user to select a window to be
inspected by clicking the mouse inside the window area.

Such interactive selection is not working for either program. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-34.fc32.x86_64


How reproducible: always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. start xwininfo
2. the program outputs:
xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
          would like information by clicking the
          mouse in that window.
3. click on any window on the desktop

Actual results:
Mouse clicks have no effect.


Expected results:
Mouse cursor should change into a crosshair. A single click should
select the corresponding window.
Comment 1 Michel Dänzer 2020-05-22 15:40:43 UTC 
Are you using a Xorg or Wayland session? If the latter, xwininfo only work with windows from X11 apps, not native Wayland ones.
Comment 2 akborder 2020-05-23 08:20:10 UTC 
You are right, I was trying to inspect a native Wayland window.
Comment 3 Michel Dänzer 2020-05-25 10:13:52 UTC 
Thanks for the follow-up, closing as not a bug then.
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