On Friday 09 February 2007 09:55, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 09 February 2007 15:34, Tony Nelson wrote: > > At 3:52 PM +0100 2/9/07, Henry Ritzlmayr wrote: > > >Am Freitag, den 09.02.2007, 09:08 -0500 schrieb Tony Nelson: > > >> At 5:22 PM +0800 2/9/07, Ed Greshko wrote: > > >> >Henry Ritzlmayr wrote: > > >> >> Hi List, > > >> >> > > >> >> whenever I am using the mouse wheel in an non active window this > > >> >> window automatically gets the focus. Can this be disabled? > > >> >> > > >> >> Scenario: > > >> >> I am typing in kwrite while having firefox opened. Now I want to > > >> >> scroll within firefox not loosing the focus in kwrite. > > >> > > > >> >The simple answer is "AFAIK, no". > > >> > > > >> >When you want to scroll within firefox you need to move your cursor > > >> > over firefox for firefox to react to the wheel. If firefox does not > > >> > become the window with focus then the wheel and buttons of the mouse > > >> > remain > > >> > > >>attached to > > >> > > >> >the active (kwrite) window. > > >> > > >> Using Gnome, GEdit, and Firefox, I can type in GEdit and scroll > > >> Firefox with the wheel without losing focus in GEdit. In case it > > >> matters, I disbled the middle mouse button as I used to get middle > > >> clicks when scrolling. > > > > > >I can confirm that - just testet Gnome - it works here as well. > > > > > >Then let me precise my question: > > >Does anybody know how this behavior can be configured within KDE? > > > > No, but come to think of it, I have Kwrite and it also lets me scroll > > Firefox in the background without losing focus while typing. Of course, > > I'm running Gnome/Metacity and not KDE. > > Just tried, in KDE. Focus followed the mouse to FF - I scrolled without > clicking on FF - but followed the mouse back to KMail, so perhaps the > answer for Henry is that he should scroll FF then move the mouse back over > kwrite - no click required - before starting to type. I did have to > slightly scroll over KMail to get the focus back. > > Anne Better yet, you can configure KDE (under "Window Behavior -> Focus" in the Control Center) to make the current focused window follow the mouse. So you just need to move the mouse over that window again. best regards Teo
