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Focus prevention options
Status:
RESOLVED: INVALID
Priority:
Medium
Severity:
enhancement
Product:
Xfwm4
Component:
General

Comments

Description Tom Wesley 2005-01-01 15:20:54 CET 
It would be nice to have the option to prevent new windows from grabbing the
focus if you're typing, scrolling etc in the current window.  I'm not sure how
other window managers do it, but kwm's recent versions have various levels of
the strength of this option.
Comment 1 Tom Wesley 2005-01-01 15:23:37 CET 
*** Bug 644 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2005-01-01 15:58:18 CET 
From xfwm4 documentation:

Some hidden options allow you to customize xfwm4 behaviour. They have to be
added by hand to your HOME/.config/xfce4/xfwm4/xfwm4rc file. You may have to
create this file.

[...]

prevent_focus_stealing=true

    Add this line to your xfwm4rc file to prevent windows from stealing focus. 

Please note that this option is disabled by default because many apps don't
update their "NET_WM_USER_TIME" field very well IMHO.
Comment 3 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2005-01-18 21:25:17 CET 
*** Bug 717 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug #643

Reported by:
Tom Wesley
Reported on: 2005-01-01
Last modified on: 2009-07-14
Duplicates (2):
  • 644 Focus prevention options
  • 717 focus should not be stolen when typing

People

Assignee:
Olivier Fourdan
CC List:
1 user

Version

Version:
unspecified
Target Milestone:
Unknown

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