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Selecting a window does not work

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
nim
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the issue from the boomer entry point with nimble build -d:select, then run ./boomer and select a window with a left click under fluxbox. Trace the selection behavior from the reported grey screen and black rectangle; done means selecting a window works without leaving that incorrect overlay.

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Description

-d:select

Steps to reproduce:

  • build boomer with nimble build -d:select
  • run boomer: ./boomer
  • select a window with single left click

Result:

  • the whole screen becomes grey with a black rectangle the size of the selected window in the center

Command output:

Using config: (scrollSpeed: 1.0, dragFriction: 6.0, scaleFriction: 4.0)
Screen rate: 60
GLX version 1.4
GLX extension: GLX_ARB_create_context GLX_ARB_create_context_no_error GLX_ARB_create_context_profile GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GLX_ARB_get_proc_address GLX_ARB_multisample GLX_EXT_buffer_age GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile GLX_EXT_create_context_es_profile GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GLX_EXT_import_context GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX_EXT_visual_info GLX_EXT_visual_rating GLX_INTEL_swap_event GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer GLX_MESA_query_renderer GLX_MESA_swap_control GLX_OML_swap_method GLX_OML_sync_control GLX_SGIS_multisample GLX_SGIX_fbconfig GLX_SGIX_pbuffer GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group GLX_SGI_make_current_read GLX_SGI_swap_control GLX_SGI_video_sync 
Visual 211 selected

Used WM is fluxbox

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