Feature Requests item #1433290, was opened at 2006-02-16 20:37 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by lschiere You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350235&aid=1433290&group_id=235
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: win32 Group: None >Status: Closed Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Visualcode (visualcodec) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) >Summary: Don\'t pop IM above windows Initial Comment: I think it would be nice if my IMs did not pop up over what I am doing. And if IMs did not pop up over current conversation I am typing in. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere) Date: 2007-04-12 12:16 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=28833 Originator: NO As we are closing this tracker, please submit any feature request that is still valid to http://developer.pidgin.im. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bishop (mtbishop) Date: 2006-05-03 03:07 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=10830 uilleann -- I've had gaim windows pop up while I'm typing in another window. Then, because Gaim is set to send messages by a stray Enter key press, my contact get random snippets of whatever I'm writing. In fact, someone got a portion of this bug comment, and I had to explain and then retype it here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Daniel Beardsmore (uilleann) Date: 2006-05-02 22:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=473078 I have the same settings set in Windows 2000. At a guess, you have to be actively using the machine at the instant the window is created for Windows to refuse to bring it to the front. I just did a test -- let it open a new window while I was typing randomly in here -- and the window opened minimised but the taskbar button didn't flash (which Windows is supposed to do). On the other hand (as I have my taskbar at the top of the screen), gaim is known to open windows not hidden by the taskbar bar, but on top of the taskbar! Everything is just flakey with Windows and GTK :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Visualcode (visualcodec) Date: 2006-02-28 18:30 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1429133 I already have mine set up this way, so that doesn't do it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Justin (justin_b31) Date: 2006-02-28 18:23 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1461247 Well I found a Windows tweak that helps considerably from stealing focus from within Windows. Don't know about over a conversation though. Its a registry entry I found ..and its worked well on my XP Pro laptop HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Check for the following keys. If they don't exist you can create a new key and enter the dword values listed below "ForegroundFlashCount"=dword:00000003 "ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00030d40 Flashcount basically flashes the taskbar icon 3 times when a window becomes "active" LockTimeout prevents windows from stealing focus Now these entries are made also by TweakUI but when I reboot Windows restores the old values..useless. So this is a manual registry tweak As usual, backup your system before you mess with the registry Hope this helps! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Etan Reisner (deryni9) Date: 2006-02-28 12:50 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=516184 gaim does not specifically request focus for any windows (and if you can find places where it does that should be fixed). gaim uses the gtk methods for creating new windows and showing existing windows. What your window manager/desktop environment does for those windows is up to your environment. Windows tends to lack useful customization options for this stuff and likes leaving this sort of stuff up to the application which is why this stuff works less well for gaim on Windows than in Linux (as a general rule). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Visualcode (visualcodec) Date: 2006-02-27 13:57 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1429133 Yeah I think nice options would be pop-up minimized and pop-up out of focus. I don't like the hide new because I like to see when I get messages and who from. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bishop (mtbishop) Date: 2006-02-27 13:38 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=10830 I don't think hiding new conversations will help. At least, I think I'm in the same boat as user visualcodec. I want new windows to be noticable, jsut not intrusive. My screen is so much bigger than 800x600 that I just don't see the wee blinky icon in the taskbar when I hide new message, and I despise when the message pop over my window while I'm typing. What about having windows pop under? We'll see them on idle screens, especially if new windows choose open screen real estate when they pop. I love the pop, just not the focus grab. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Visualcode (visualcodec) Date: 2006-02-25 16:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1429133 I do not use tabs. I have to use 1 message per window because I work in an online game and I often get a lot of messages and I like them to lay out on my screen so I can read without wasting too much time. Lets me ignore stupid messages easier allowing me to help those that need legitimate help. But when they pop over already opened messages, or over windows already in use it disturbs what I am doing and gets a little frustrating with all the new messages I get. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere) Date: 2006-02-25 10:30 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=28833 for tabs, change your placement option and/or use the hide new conversations option (2.0.0 beta1 and newer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Justin (justin_b31) Date: 2006-02-25 02:45 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1461247 I think email, disconnected, and login windows popups should be prevented from forcing focus. It would also be nice if these windows would auto-hide. Thanks! Great job ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350235&aid=1433290&group_id=235 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Gaim-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-features
