Double click to change window

[frunns]

Okey, I just had an awesome idea, but I don't know if anyone's made it possible... I'm using a 15.4" laptop, so I have limited screen space, but once in a while I get the feeling I'd like to have aMsn windows above the others, I mean being able to surf etc normally but still have the conversation window visible, but I don't want to use "Always on top", as then I'd have to minimize or disable the option when I need the space. But what about double click to move the clicked window to front and single click to follow links etc? Is that completely retarded?

[spupy]

If it is more comfortable for you, it is not retarded. But I don't understand you - double click where?

[frunns]

Anywhere in the window you want to change to. Though I just realized it'd not work too well with for example nautilus (where you'd normally use double click), and you'd have to have a delay for the single click as well... But oh, well...

[spupy]

Anywhere in the window you want to change to. Though I just realized it'd not work too well with for example nautilus (where you'd normally use double click), and you'd have to have a delay for the single click as well... But oh, well...

When you single click a window, it is raised to front.
Alternatively, you can set a key shortcut to bring a window to front.

[zmurf]

Amiga has this function in Workbench as a commodity called ClickToFront. It allows you to just focus a window without making it pop to front by single clicking on it. To make a window to become focused and pop to front you have to doubleclick the window.

This is wonderful if you have a big window with some information in it that you want to use in a small window laying on top of the bigger window... for example when you drag and drop files between windows.

I used this function on my Amiga since 1992, and I always missed it in other operatingsystems... I'm still looking for some way to implement this in Xwindows...

[frunns]

Exactly, that'd be cool. :)