Kevin Krammer wrote: > On Saturday 19 August 2006 11:59, Marco wrote: >> Marco wrote: >> > I have problems activating already running non-kde application e.g. by >> > key shortcuts. For Thunderbird on taskbar icon is blinking. Evolution >> > even starts a second instance. >> > >> > But what I want is to show the main window. How can I achieve this? >> >> Is it really so uncommon to run non-kde applications under kde? Or does >> nobody use key shortcuts for them or any desktop automation? >> >> Or was something wrong with my question? > > It might not have been clear what the actual problem is or what you do to > make it happen. I want to find a way to switch to the windows of a running non-kde application - ie to display its window. The same thing that happens when I click its entry in the task bar. But I need an automatizeable method - ie a command I can put into the key shortcut or call from another program like KBiff. > > You have a keyboard shortcut associated with a program entry in the K > menu, right? yes > > And when you activate it a second time you get a behavior you do not > expect? yes, it does not display its window but just make the entry in the taskbar dark. /m ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.