GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 122471
Allow option to not focus new windows/dialogs
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Package: metacity Severity: normal Version: 2.4.55 Synopsis: Allow option to not focus new windows/dialogs Bugzilla-Product: metacity Bugzilla-Component: general Description: Description of Problem: Metacity always gives focus to new windows. This is very annoying for a large contingent of users. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Find an IM client. 2. Do something else and wait. Be sure to be typing something sensitive! Actual Results: An IM message pops up. Metacity gives focus and your sensitive information is transmitted to an unwitting person. Expected Results: An IM message pops up. Metacity keeps the input focus on where you were typing. You can give focus to the new window at your leisure. How often does this happen? Every time you don't want it to. Additional Information: I have supplied a patch against metacity 2.4.55 at Debian (http://bugs.debian.org/182036) called "metacity-focus-hold". It leaves the default behavior in metacity but adds a new key to metacity's configuration schema called "focus_hold" which, when true, causes the focus to not change in the case of new normal windows. ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2003-09-16 14:21 ------- The original reporter (scott@tranzoa.com) of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the exporter, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org. Reassigning to the default owner of the component, metacity-maint@bugzilla.gnome.org.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118372 ***
If you've gotten into patching metacity, would really appreciate a patch with the full fix for this (see bug 118372, specifically link to wm-spec-list archives).