On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 01:20:03PM +0000, Paul Martin wrote: > If you're working in one workspace, and a window in another workspace > tries to grab focus, it transfers itself out of the workspace it's in to > the workspace you're in. > > For an example, try running iceweasel/firefox in one workspace, then > type in a terminal in another workspace: iceweasel http://www.debian.org/ > > The iceweasel instance grabs focus, and transfers itself to your > current workspace. I've also seen this effect with audacity. > > "Activate focus stealing prevention" makes the rogue window transfer to > the back layer of the current workspace, rather than the front layer.
What you want is the "activate_action" hidden option. See file:///usr/share/xfce4/doc/C/xfwm4.html#wm_advanced Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

