In the Gnome desktop and, I think, most other Linux desktops, using Alt-Tab, Super-Tab or just the Super key alone gives a means to navigate around all the open windows on your computer. I only have one display monitor active, so I am not sure how that behavior is modified for multi-display users.
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:13 PM Tommy Trussell <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not the original poster, but I have had the focus issue with GnuCash > for awhile now, maybe six months? I run the latest Flatpak release version > of GnuCash (currently 4.10+) on Ubuntu 21.10. Fortunately I DON'T usually > run GnuCash full screen, and my primary system has two sizable monitors. > When the dialog in back keeps me from proceeding, I have been able to scoot > the windows around (such as onto the other monitor) so that I can get to > whichever window is blocking the startup. But it's an annoyance. > > I have not kept track of when, but it only happens maybe once every few > application launches; not every time. I suspect it must have to do with > some specific circumstance with the "since last run" dialog, maybe only > when it has automatically created a scheduled transaction? (Very few of MY > scheduled transactions create completely automatically -- most of mine > require some editing, such as the transaction amount, so I almost always > review them once created.) I also keep nine separate GnuCash book files for > different entities I manage, so it's likely it only affects one I don't > open every day. > > Next time it happens I will make a note of the circumstances as best I can > and try to report back here. If someone has opened a bug, let me know so I > can subscribe to it. > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 1:06 PM Adrien Monteleone < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > What distro and version? > > > > What version of GnuCash? > > > > Does exiting full screen help? > > > > Does not starting in full screen help? > > > > Are you using a second display, or have you used a second display, in > > between the time it worked fine and this problem appeared? (a window > > might be appearing on a 'ghost' display that is taking priority.) > > > > If you can get to the GnuCash main window and it is responsive, go to > > Preferences > Scheduled Transactions > Since Last Run and uncheck the > > option to 'Run when data file opened' and restart GnuCash to see if that > > helps. (this shouldn't be a problem, but doing this will help narrow > > down the issue - hopefully) > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 5/13/22 12:38 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > > The laptop display is 1920x1080 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
