I am also new to GNOME and find its function something of a mystery
but I can answer your first question. If you right click on the client
button and select the show/hide option and then do it again the window
will surface - it is a pain but it works. If you find another way to
do it and/or solve the alt/tab problem I would appreciate hearing
the solution.
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just installed GNOME, and it is forcing me into a mouse vs keyboard
> war. Here is an example.
>
> GNOME has a Panel in which running clients have a button. I can click
> these buttons to move the focus to a window. But doing so does not also
> raise the window to the surface, and I don't see in GNOME configuration
> that it can be done by the mouse.
>
> Forr example, I have a full screen application from which I can open
> windows. But if those windows get burried, they are no longer accessible
> even though the penel button allows me to give them the focus. I need
> access to them and so wonder how to do it.
>
> On a related note, I would also like to do the above from keyboard. I
> can use Alt-tab to cycle the focus among windows, but for some reason
> only two (most recent?) windows. I need to move the focus to the others
> from keyboard and bring them to the surface as well. How?
>
> Haines Brown
>
