new (undesirable) behaviour in latest build 1777

[peter milliken]

I have a custom GUI application that I have dexpot (using a rule) copy to each of my desktops - it normally runs in the "background" while I do my work and brings itself to my attention when I need to take some action via popup dialog boxes.

In previous releases of dexpot, when the GUI application raised a dialog box it ONLY occured on the desktop I was currently "visiting" - now the dialog box occurs on ALL the desktops - which normally would NOT be a problem, HOWEVER, when I accept/cancel the dialog box it ONLY disappears from the current desktop! i.e. it remains on ALL OTHER desktops and I CANNOT delete these "copies" - the only recourse is to kill the application and restart it (which is a bit annoying).

I am happy that the dialog appears on ALL desktops - because in the past, if the dialog requiring my attention came up while I was switching desktops I would not notice it until I went back to that desktop, but given the current behaviour I would be happy to see the previous functionality returned!

Thanks
Peter

[Patrick]

That's an inherent problem of the "copy window" mechanic. What you really want is make your application sticky. In Dexpot 1.6 Beta, you can use the new application assignment feature to achieve this. For Dexpot 1.5, create a new text file called mywechsel.ini in the Dexpot installation folder with the following content:

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[Exe]
your_applications_executable_name.exe=sticky


Restart Dexpot and delete the rule.

[peter milliken]

Thanks - that worked great!