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Bug 160589 - metacity hijacks focus when I don't want it to.
metacity hijacks focus when I don't want it to.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 152004
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-06 14:34 UTC by LaMont Jones
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10


Description LaMont Jones 2004-12-06 14:34:56 UTC 
in an xterm, type xterm.  Note that focus goes to the new window...

15+ years of training my fingers and brain has resulted in using focus=mouse,
and the expectation that the focus will stay on the window I'm in until _I_ move
the mouse elsewhere.  Nevermind the extra windows that pop up wanting input.  If
I wanted to type passwords and such into them, I'd move the mouse there....

Can we _PRETTY_ please have an option to focus=mouse that says to move focus
only when the user directs it to?  Yes, I realize that violates metacity's
desire to read my mind and "do the right thing".  In my case, "the right thing"
== stupid behavior that I've come to know and love over the last 15 years.
Comment 1 Elijah Newren 2004-12-06 16:41:10 UTC 
This is covered in bug 151984 and/or in bug 152004.  I'm going to mark as a
duplicate of the later, though I think the former would be better if it actually
works out.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 152004 ***