The Old New Thing

Eventually the window manager simply says that enough is enough

June 7, 2012 Jun 7, 2012 06/7/12

Raymond Chen

Many window manager operations are recursive, and eventually the window manager will simply say that enough is enough when the recursion goes too deep. We've seen this when you nest windows more than 50 levels deep or nest menus more than 25 levels deep, for example. (Note also that these limits may change in the future, so don't rely on ...