[MacPorts] #60808: KDE windows (kalarm) -- un-switchable-to, un-clickable (unpredictably)

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#60808: KDE windows (kalarm) -- un-switchable-to, un-clickable (unpredictably)
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  Reporter:  bejodavid  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.6.2
Resolution:             |   Keywords:  kde kalarm window focus
      Port:             |
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Description changed by bejodavid:

Old description:

> Hi!
>
> I have managed to install kdepim4 on MacOS 10.14.6 (on a MacBook) to be
> able to use Kalarm. I have come pretty far (jumped through the hoops
> described at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/KDE so the window content
> doesn't flicker anymore etc.).
>
> Right now my problems are the following:
>
> 1. it seems that the pop-up alarm windows (and in general, all Kalarm
> windows) more often then not seem to behave as if something was in front
> of them - they receive neither keyboard nor mouse input. (If I switch to
> a completely different application then back to the problematic window,
> that sometimes solves this and I can at least close it -- but even then,
> they are not brought in front of their parent window. I can always move
> them with the mouse though!)
>
> E.g., in the screenshot I can't click on the edit window (which is a
> child of the alarm window), nor on the alarm message window, nor on the
> main Kalarm window (bottom right)
>
> 2. even when I _can_ get the focus on a window, the alt+key combinations
> don't have any effect, e.g., in the alarm message window I can't trigger
> _C_lose either with option-C or control-C or command-C. (Maybe because
> all the option-letter key combinations globally seem to produce weird
> characters, like option-C: ç etc...?) -- this applies to all the buttons
> everywhere, i..e, _E_dit, _D_efer, or _T_ry in the alarm editing window.
>
> It would be great to solve these issues, because aside from these Kalarm
> seems to work pretty fine!
>
> System info:
>
> my at machine:~/x> sudo port version
> Password:
> Version: 2.6.2
> my at machine:~/x> sudo port help
> my at machine:~/x> sudo port info kdepim4
> kdepim4 @4.14.3_5 (kde, kde4)
> Variants:             debug, docs
>
> Description:          KDE4 groupware suite including a Mail client,
> addressbook, organizer and groupware integration.
> Homepage:             https://www.kde.org
>
> Extract Dependencies: xz
> Build Dependencies:   cmake, pkgconfig, automoc
> Library Dependencies: qt4-mac, phonon, kde4-runtime, nepomuk-widgets,
> kdelibs4, kdepimlibs4, kdepimlibs4-kioslaves, glib2, shared-desktop-
> ontologies,
>                       libassuan, kdepim4-runtime, link-grammar, baloo
> Platforms:            darwin
> License:              GPL-2+ and LGPL-2+
> Maintainers:          Email: bjoern.ricks at intevation.de
>                       Email: nicos at macports.org, GitHub: NicosPavlov
> my at machine:~/x> sudo uname -a
> Darwin adnmachu393.local 18.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0: Tue Aug 20
> 16:57:14 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.271.2~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

New description:

 Hi!

 I have managed to install kdepim4 on MacOS 10.14.6 (on a MacBook) to be
 able to use Kalarm. I have come pretty far (jumped through the hoops
 described at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/KDE so the window content
 doesn't flicker anymore etc.).

 Right now my problems are the following:

 1. it seems that the pop-up alarm windows (and in general, all Kalarm
 windows) more often then not seem to behave as if something was in front
 of them - they receive neither keyboard nor mouse input. (If I switch to a
 completely different application then back to the problematic window, that
 sometimes solves this and I can at least close it -- but even then, they
 are not brought in front of their parent window. I can always move them
 with the mouse though!)\\E.g., in the screenshot I can't click on the edit
 window (which is a child of the alarm window), nor on the alarm message
 window, nor on the main Kalarm window (bottom right)

 2. even when I _can_ get the focus on a window, the alt+key combinations
 don't have any effect, e.g., in the alarm message window I can't trigger
 _C_lose either with option-C or control-C or command-C. (Maybe because all
 the option-letter key combinations globally seem to produce weird
 characters, like option-C: ç etc...?) -- this applies to all the buttons
 everywhere, i..e, _E_dit, _D_efer, or _T_ry in the alarm editing window.

 It would be great to solve these issues, because aside from these Kalarm
 seems to work pretty fine!

 System info:


 {{{
 my at machine:~/x> sudo port version
 Password:
 Version: 2.6.2
 my at machine:~/x> sudo port help
 my at machine:~/x> sudo port info kdepim4
 kdepim4 @4.14.3_5 (kde, kde4)
 Variants:             debug, docs

 Description:          KDE4 groupware suite including a Mail client,
 addressbook, organizer and groupware integration.
 Homepage:             https://www.kde.org

 Extract Dependencies: xz
 Build Dependencies:   cmake, pkgconfig, automoc
 Library Dependencies: qt4-mac, phonon, kde4-runtime, nepomuk-widgets,
 kdelibs4, kdepimlibs4, kdepimlibs4-kioslaves, glib2, shared-desktop-
 ontologies,
                       libassuan, kdepim4-runtime, link-grammar, baloo
 Platforms:            darwin
 License:              GPL-2+ and LGPL-2+
 Maintainers:          Email: bjoern.ricks at intevation.de
                       Email: nicos at macports.org, GitHub: NicosPavlov
 my at machine:~/x> sudo uname -a
 Darwin adnmachu393.local 18.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0: Tue Aug 20
 16:57:14 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.271.2~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

 }}}

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