GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 720714
Magnifier: Focus Tracking should only track the Active Window when gnome-terminal is running in background
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:04:08 UTC
Its impossible to follow the caret if an application outputs behind the active window. Reproduce 1 run gnome-terminal for example 2 Ping google.de (to produce an output) 3 open firefox or thunderbird 4 in my case open thunderbird and try to write a mail ;). result -> it alwas jump to the position with the gnome-terminal output expect -> i can write an Mail and the Focus follows me
This also happens with the audioplayer qoudlibet. in fedora sudo yum install qoudlibet if the audioplayer is the active window and an gnome-terminal is in background, the focus evertime flips to terminalcursor if output appears.
Oh sorry, i musspelled the name of the audioplayer... WRONG qoudlibet -> CORRECT quodlibet sudo yum install quodlibet.noarch
You can fix this in the terminal window if you deselect 'scroll on output' from the scrolling section of 'profile preferences' I am not sure about the error you have with audio player but see how you find things with scroll on output disabled and let us know how you get on if you can please, thanks.
But i wanna have the "Scroll on output" feature. But i just want it if the window is the active one and not in the back of an other window.
(In reply to comment #4) > But i wanna have the "Scroll on output" feature. But i just want it if the > window is the active one and not in the back of an other window. Good point. I think this sound reasonable and doable. I will look into it.
i have to correct myself. this always happens if gnome-termianl is running in background. the foreground programm doesnt matter. this not only happens if thunderbird or firefox is open in foreground. Reproduce 0 Enable Mag with Focus Tracking 1 run gnome-terminal for example 2 Ping google.de (to produce an output) 3 open ANY Programm 4 Focus the in 3. opend programm and toggle it into fullscreen 5 navigate arround in the programm you opend in 3 result -> it alwas jump to the position with the gnome-terminal output (this also happens if gnome-terminal is on a other desktop) expect ->the Focus follows me
this also happens if the gnome-terminal is on an other virtual desktop
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