On 12/21/2009 08:39 AM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > On 12/20/2009 11:09 PM, Rob Riggs wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> This is an editorial comment for the Fedora desktop developers. >> >> I've just done my first Fedora install since 8 or 9 with Fedora 12. >> Why is it now so difficult to set up "focus follows mouse" under >> Gnome? Click to focus is just annoying. It sucked for me when "click >> to focus" became the default, but I could live with finding the >> desktop preference and setting it. But it makes this user really >> annoyed (Grrr!) that I have to ask about it on some mailing list, >> install an obscure package, and change the setting. I get the feeling >> the the desktop developers think they know better than the user. >> >> Look, I *can* work either way -- I live with "focus follows mouse" on >> Windows. But this is one of the key reasons that Linux is my primary >> desktop -- it sucks less and "focus follows mouse" is one of the big >> reasons for that, especially when using multiple desktops. Point and >> type -- not point, click, type. (Yes, I know it can be changed on >> Windows.) It is especially annoying when not only does focus require >> a click, but that click also raises the window. I want focus and >> raising to be separate operations. There are plenty of operations >> that work much better with the focus window not being on top of the >> window stack. Forcing the window I want on top is a PITA that focus >> follows mouse avoids. >> >> I don't care to impose my preferences on anyone. I am not asking for >> "focus follows mouse" to be the default (though that would be my >> preference). But please make it easy to set my preferences. Please >> bring a little Christmas cheer to the Gnome world and make "Window >> Preferences" part of the default Gnome desktop installation again! >> >> > On F11 it's no harder then System --> Preference --> Windows <click> > Select windows when mouse is over them.. > > If it's not in the menu in F12 on you system you can either go System > --> Administration and type control-center-extra hash it and apply or > just open up a terminal and type gnome-window-properties and it should > ask you to install it if it's not installed on your system. > Correction forgot to add Add/Remove Software there.. as in If it's not in the menu in F12 on you system you can either go System --> Administration --> Add/Remove Software type control-center-extra in the search field and hash it.. JBG
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