[Desktop-packages] [Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link

In Firefox 17 the setting browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground works no more. Really annoying! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubufox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 Title: Firefox should not steal

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link

This just happened to me this morning, after clicking on a couple of links in a message in Thunderbird. After setting Focus Stealing Prevention on Firefox' window from Normal to High, this behavior stopped. But unfortunately, with High now I occasionally get password prompts or similar dialog

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link

Fount it. There is a setting browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground in about:config , just set this to true, and firefox won't steal your focus any more when loading links in background. (Thanks to this site http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-stop- firefox-stealing-window-focus.htm for