Comment #3 on issue 462 by punitagr...@gmail.com: Ewmh desktop handle event doesn't correctly handle _NET_WM_DESKTOP message type http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=462 Hi, Thanks for the code sample. I tried it out but it didn't fix the issue I encountered. I played with the ewmhCopyWindow function and the following version sort of makes things better - diff -rN old-XMonadContrib/XMonad/Hooks/EwmhDesktops.hs new-XMonadContrib/XMonad/Hooks/EwmhDesktops.hs 34a35

import XMonad.Actions.CopyWindow 54c55 < , handleEventHook = handleEventHook c +++ ewmhDesktopsEventHook

, handleEventHook = handleEventHook c +++ ewmhDesktopsEventHook `mappend` ewmhCopyWindow

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{- else if n == 0xffffffff then windows $ W.shiftWin (W.currentTag s) w -}

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trace $ "focus"++show w

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ewmhCopyWindow :: Event -> X All ewmhCopyWindow ClientMessageEvent { ev_window = w, ev_message_type = mt, ev_data = 0xffffffff : _ } = withWindowSet $ \s -> do a_d <- getAtom "_NET_WM_DESKTOP" when (mt == a_d) $ do sort' <- getSortByIndex let ws = map W.tag $ sort' $ W.workspaces s windows $ foldr (.) id (map (copyWindow w) ws) trace $ show w return (All True) ewmhCopyWindow _ = return (All True)

On further searching I think what I am really after are the changes that come in with http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=430. Now if only I can understand the code and make it work with my setup.