Re: X11 Focus [was: Re: Patches item #1729825 ready to go.]

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Tuesday 05 June 2007 13:28, Petr Mikulik wrote:
> > > For example, I explained before that I don't like  
> > > the fact the first plot in X11 terminal always grabs focus so that I have to 
> > > take my hand off the keyboard and press the mouse button to get back to the 
> > > command line.
> > 
> > Fortunately, what you describe is simply not true here. 
> > I see no such focus-stealing nonsense for the x11 terminal.
> > So your system must be configured quite differently than mine.
> 
> I reproduce the same problem: Blackbox, WindowMaker, KDE.
> 
> Is there a workaround?

You must have set, somewhere, a window manager policy that
gives focus to each new window.   Don't do that.

I use policy "focus under mouse", which does exactly what its
name implies.  The focus stays with the window where the mouse
cursor is.  Focus is not affected by a new window popping up
somewhere else.

If you are using KDE but want a policy like "click to focus",
you may be able to mitigate the issue by also selecting

-> KDE
    -> Appearance & Themes
	-> window behaviour
	    -> advanced
		-> focus stealing prevention level
		    -> 'high' [or 'extreme']


In WindowMaker, select the "Window Focus Preference" icon
at the top right of the configuration panel.  In the box
marked "Input Focus Mode" de-select the option
"Automatically focus new windows"

-- 
Ethan A Merritt