On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 19:34 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Matt Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Aaron Konstam > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- ======================================================================= An actor's a guy who if you ain't talkin' about him, ain't listening. -- Marlon Brando ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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