On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 09:07 -0500, Todd Chambery wrote: > No sloppy focus, just that any application opening a window opens under > the active window, if the active window receives focus before the new > window opens. > > The best use case for this feature is IM: I'm about to type my password > into a web page, someone sends an IM, my password is passed in plain > text to the IM window. >
Check with gconf-editor if "/apps/metacity/general/focus_mode" is set to sloppy . and what is the value of "/apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows" ? > Todd > > On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:58 -0300, Ben Steeves wrote: > > On 6/7/07, Todd Chambery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I've noticed recently (at least since Feisty, possibly before) that > > > Gnome's "focus stealing prevention" seems to have disappeared. When I > > > log and begin typing my keyring password for the wireless network, the > > > Gaim buddy list steals my cursor. Typing this email, I started Firefox, > > > returned to this message and the browser steals my cursor. This small > > > but significant feature was one of Gnome's key differentiators with > > > Windows. > > > > > > Am I crazy, or has something changed? > > > > Did you have sloppy focus turned on before? In the Windows > > preferences panel there's an option, "Select windows when the mouse > > moves over them". If you have that turned on, the behavior is > > referred to as "sloppy focus" and it generally prevents focus > > stealing. > > > > Sloppy focus takes a little getting used to but I can't live without > > it now. It makes working on any OS/WM that doesn't support it very > > painful. The most useful feature (for me) is the ability to type in > > one window without bringing it to the front (a sub-behavior of sloppy > > focus that can be controlled separately). > > > > Ben > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
