Re: Consistent theme across the desktop [Re: Abysmal state of GTK build]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:02:21 +0200
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > I indeed question the optimistic belief that system-wide conventions
> > are always better.  They might be in some basic stuff, like the outer
> > decorations of the GUI windows, but other than that...
> 
> Yes, but the "outer decorations" now belong to the application

No, they don't.  Maybe you just aren't aware that those decorations
are all but invisible on latest Windows.  But they still exist, if you
know where they are...

> > > Currently I have the "pleasure" of working with Windows [...]
>     [first click active]
> 
> > Jist FYI: that's configurable, if you want to change it (I don't).
> 
> Hm. On an application-by-application basis?

No, for the console.

> > The solution, of course, is to always click only on the window
> > decorations, not inside the client area.  Then all the applications
> > will behave the same, because it isn't the app, it's the window
> > manager's behavior.
> 
> But the problem is... the decoration area /is/ client area for those
> more "modern" windows

No, see above.  Each window still has a border, albeit a thin and
basically invisible one.