In article <45CC3D6C.1070407@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. Something RISC OS can do that Linux can't? ;) I can type away in a text editor (StrongEd) and scroll through my emails with the mouse wheel and StrongEd keeps input focus.