Panels behave differently when not docked

[drmacro]

If I have the Properties panel and the Selection panel undocked, outside the main window. I get the following behaviour:

When FC looses focus and another application both panels fall behind the new app's window (this is as it should be)

When FC regains focus, the Selection panel pops in front, but the Properties panel does not.

This is inconsistent.

I think the correct behaviour should be both pop in front when FC gets focus.

This is with the configuration below (i.e. Debian, but works fine on Ubuntu though).

After turning off OpenGL in Preferences make no panel to front on get focus. Then setting it back, it remains that no panels receive focus when FC does. (At least now it is consistent )

Is it possible some other setting, FC or system, is effecting this?

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (XFCE/lightdm-xsession)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.26507 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 9d70589d6c2f08f3339c40e9b990fde5863b45b7
Python version: 3.7.3
Qt version: 5.11.3
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.6.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

[openBrain]

When FC regains focus, the Selection panel pops in front, but the Properties panel does not.

I can't reproduce. Probably it has been fixed somewhere in between Qt 5.12 and Qt 5.15.
Or it is DE specific.
Anyway, would you be able to compile a tentative fix ?

[drmacro]

...I can't reproduce. Probably it has been fixed somewhere in between Qt 5.12 and Qt 5.15.
Or it is DE specific.

I suspect DE specific, or possibly multi-monitor. I can't reproduce on a single monitor system (Manjaro OS).

Anyway, would you be able to compile a tentative fix ?

I think so. Just need to do git pull specifying the particular branch right?

[openBrain]

I think so. Just need to do git pull specifying the particular branch right?

Nope. Ideally you should cherry-pick from my repo but it can be a mess if you are not so used to git.
I'll create a draft PR and give you procedure to test.

[openBrain]

I think so. Just need to do git pull specifying the particular branch right?

OK, I created draft PR5216, so to try it :

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git fetch origin pull/5216/head:PR5216 #if origin is your own fork, use 'upstream' instead of 'origin'
git checkout PR5216

Then run your normal build process.

When you're done with testing, you can delete the local branch with

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git branch -D PR5216

[drmacro]

I think so. Just need to do git pull specifying the particular branch right?

OK, I created draft PR5216, so to try it :

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git fetch origin pull/5216/head:PR5216 #if origin is your own fork, use 'upstream' instead of 'origin'
git checkout PR5216

Then run your normal build process.

When you're done with testing, you can delete the local branch with

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git branch -D PR5216

Hmm...for my edification (and maybe peace of mind). I keep, I think, the origin source in a local directory. Daily I do "git pull", then in a local build directory do the cmake and make.

Normally for all other trial builds I create a new local directory for the source and build. Typically with a "git clone <git> <local dir>"

Basically I want to understand how I get back to what I have before the fetch (assuming following your instructions).

Sorry, I have the O'Reilly git manual and this stuff still eludes me. Ok the day I'm reading and doing it, but, 6 weeks later...deer in the headlights.

[openBrain]

Hmm...for my edification (and maybe peace of mind). I keep, I think, the origin source in a local directory. Daily I do "git pull", then in a local build directory do the cmake and make.

Normally for all other trial builds I create a new local directory for the source and build. Typically with a "git clone <git> <local dir>"

Basically I want to understand how I get back to what I have before the fetch (assuming following your instructions).

No problem. Can you give me your

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git remote -v

and

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git branch

so I can make better than a general "not so clear" answer ?

[drmacro]

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$git remote -v
origin	https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.git (fetch)
origin	https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.git (push)
$ git branch
* master

[openBrain]

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$git remote -v
origin	https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.git (fetch)
origin	https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.git (push)
$ git branch
* master

OK, so your origin is on FreeCAD master repo.
So basically what will happen :

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git fetch origin pull/5216/head:PR5216

Will fetch the PR I created (actually just the difference with master, saves bandwidth) in a new branch called 'PR5216' --what is after the colon sign-- so you will get something like :

$ git branch
* master
* PR5216

Then

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git checkout PR5216

will switch your local copy to the newly created branch (so code with my PR included).
Just compile and run
When it's done, switch back to master branch with

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git checkout master

And finally delete the PR branch with

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git branch -D PR5216

And you're back to original state as if you had never tested the PR

[drmacro]

Unfortunately it made no difference. Selection view, Report view, Python console all pop forward but not Properties.

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (XFCE/lightdm-xsession)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.26519 +1 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: PR5216
Hash: fb94b177cbb6bb37113404d0daa1516ee29b11aa
Python version: 3.7.3
Qt version: 5.11.3
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)