M openbox/client.c → openbox/client.c

@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ /* If its a transient (and parents aren't focused) and the time
                is ambiguous (either the current focus target doesn't have
                a timestamp, or they are the same (we probably inherited it
                from them) */
-            else if (self->transient_for != NULL &&
+            else if (client_has_parent(self) &&
                      (!last_time || self->user_time == last_time))
             {
                 activate = FALSE;
@@ -2372,6 +2372,13 @@ does not, so we need to check this window */
     if (client_focused(self))
         return self;
     return client_search_focus_tree(self);
+}
+
+gboolean client_has_parent(ObClient *self)
+{
+    return (self->transient_for &&
+            (self->transient_for != TRAN_GROUP ||
+             self->group && self->group->members->next));
 }
 
 static ObStackingLayer calc_layer(ObClient *self)

M openbox/client.h → openbox/client.h

@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ void client_get_type_and_transientness(ObClient *self);
 
 const ObClientIcon *client_icon(ObClient *self, gint w, gint h);
 
+/*! Return TRUE if the client is transient for some other window. Return
+  FALSE if it's not transient or there is no window for it to be
+  transient for */
+gboolean client_has_parent(ObClient *self);
+
 /*! Searches a client's direct parents for a focused window. The function does
   not check for the passed client, only for *ONE LEVEL* of its parents.
   If no focused parentt is found, NULL is returned.