On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 09:07 -0500, Todd Chambery wrote:> No sloppy focus, just that any application opening a window opens under> the active window, if the active window receives focus before the new> window opens. > > The best use case for this feature is IM: I'm about to type my password> into a web page, someone sends an IM, my password is passed in plain> text to the IM window.> Check with gconf-editor if "/apps/metacity/general/focus_mode" is set tosloppy . and what is the value of "/apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows" ? > Todd> > On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:58 -0300, Ben Steeves wrote:> > On 6/7/07, Todd Chambery <chambery.dev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > > Hi all,> > >> > > I've noticed recently (at least since Feisty, possibly before) that> > > Gnome's "focus stealing prevention" seems to have disappeared. When I> > > log and begin typing my keyring password for the wireless network, the> > > Gaim buddy list steals my cursor. Typing this email, I started Firefox,> > > returned to this message and the browser steals my cursor. This small> > > but significant feature was one of Gnome's key differentiators with> > > Windows.> > >> > > Am I crazy, or has something changed?> > > > Did you have sloppy focus turned on before? In the Windows> > preferences panel there's an option, "Select windows when the mouse> > moves over them". If you have that turned on, the behavior is> > referred to as "sloppy focus" and it generally prevents focus> > stealing.> > > > Sloppy focus takes a little getting used to but I can't live without> > it now. It makes working on any OS/WM that doesn't support it very> > painful. The most useful feature (for me) is the ability to type in> > one window without bringing it to the front (a sub-behavior of sloppy> > focus that can be controlled separately).> > > > Ben> > > > _______________________________________________> gnome-list mailing list> gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list-- Ritesh Khadgarayॐ मणि पद्मे हूँLinuX N StuffPh: +919970164885Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________gnome-list mailing listgnome-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
