2009/8/25 Martin Dietze <[email protected]> > On Mon, August 24, 2009, Martin Dietze wrote: > > > I checked what happens when firefox comes up and causes a > > workspace switch on my box. it appears that WM receives a > > _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW event (src/event.c, l. 1449, > > I was wrong here, it was wmspec.c. > > Also I was probably able to make the effect reproducable for > others now. Firefox exhibits this behaviour if it restores a > session with more than one tab open. To reproduce it, open > firefox, open two or three pages in separate tabs and then press > Ctrl-Q to quit. Enter "Save" when the program prompts you > whether you want your session saved. > > When you now start firefox again it will try to restore > the previous session and this leads to this funny effect. >
there are a few related behaviours i have observed that may be related... i have the 'manually place window' option enabled, so if a window opens up (eg pidgin chat), i see the window outline and have to click to place it on the screen. however, if the window is a splashscreen (eg openoffice) or a dialog, then it will just appear on the screen. but some programs just appear anyway, like kpdf also, i restore my firefox profile that has maybe 6 windows, each with about 10 tabs. some of those tabs have username/password prompts appear (eg basic-auth). i can click-to-place maybe 3 or 4 of the firefox windows as they appear, but the last few seem to just put themselves on the screen, and i don't get a chance to click-place them. cheers Paul
