On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 19:34 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Aaron Konstam
> <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 20:48 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:00 -0400, Matt
> Morgan wrote:
> > > My 18 month-old was playing with the
> computer for a while,
> > and now new
> > > windows are opening in the background.
> > >
> > > This is on Fedora 9. I googled this and
> searched the list,
> > but can't
> > > find any help. I'm not using the fancy new
> desktop stuff
> > (compiz,
> > > desktop-effects, whatever we call it). Any
> suggestions?
> >
> >
> > The answer may depend on what desktop are
> you using, which you
> > don't
> > state.
> >
> > poc
> >
> > Gnome. Thanks. More info: If I click on the window
> in the window list,
> > the window gets focus, but does not come to the
> foreground. Only
> > clicking on the window brings it to the foreground.
> >
>
> This behavior can be changed through:
> System->Preferences->Look and
> Feel->Windows
>
> I checked there but don't see a setting for this. I see
>
> Select Windows when the mouse moves over them
>
>
> Sorry, accidentally clicked send. Any way, I see
>
> Window Selection
> select windows when the mouse moves over them
raise selected windows after an interval <-- what if the
interval was zero. Will that not so what you want.
>
> Titlebar Action
> double-click title bar to perform this action:
>
> Movement Key
> To move a window, press and hold this key then grab the window:
>
>
> None of those has to do with whether a window comes to the foreground
> when it has focus.
>
> Here's some more info: Firefox actually works properly. When I alt-tab
> to it, or click on it in the window list in the taskbar, it gets focus
> and comes to the foreground as I would expect. So far nothing else
> (Thunderbird, Wesnoth, Gnome file windows, for example) works right.
> For everything else, they get focus (ie I can see the foreground
> window lose focus) but stay in the background, either alt-tabbing or
> clicking on the window list.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
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