[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
In Firefox 17 the setting browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground works no more. Really annoying! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 Title: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/272171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
This just happened to me this morning, after clicking on a couple of links in a message in Thunderbird. After setting Focus Stealing Prevention on Firefox' window from Normal to High, this behavior stopped. But unfortunately, with High now I occasionally get password prompts or similar dialog box which pop up behind firefox, and can easily be missed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 Title: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/272171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
Fount it. There is a setting browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground in about:config , just set this to true, and firefox won't steal your focus any more when loading links in background. (Thanks to this site http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-stop- firefox-stealing-window-focus.htm for pointing this out) However, it won't highlight the window in the window list either, making it hard to locate the window if you have many desktops. But maybe, this is enough to point some developer into the right direction how to fix it properly (or how to explain to us what is going on behind the scenes, so that it can be fixed properly in the window manager, if it is the window manager who screws this up) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 Title: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/272171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
I just wanted to say I found the comments in this (old) bug so very helpful. I am one on the opposite camp, though ... I do want Firefox to open and display the links I click on in other apps. And, I know it did used to work that way ... not sure when it changed. Fortunately, I use compiz and (after reading the comments in this bug) found Focus Prevention Level was set to low. I changed it to off and once again, pages displayed when I click on their link! So, while not a fix for original complaint, I really appreciate the comments. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 Title: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/272171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
I have just upgraded to 10.04 w/Firefox 3.6.3 and first encountered this issue of Firefox stealing focus. This is EXACTLY what it was doing in 9.04 and is supposed to be the way anyone would expect it to act: you perform an action (click a link) and expect a result (link is shown). Simple cause and effect. This is now broken in 10.04. I can click a link and then have to manually change to Firefox to follow the link. Above the 'fix' (which is actually not a fix but a breaking) is to edit the 'browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground' entry in about:config but that does nothing for 10.04/3.6.3 as links opened in Firefox stay in the background no matter how that entry is set. Please follow logic and reset links to open new windows and bring them into focus. Jamie Dimmel -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
This seems more important than wishlist, though I think the proper solution would be to add a configuration option to Firefox's settings for this. To reproduce, I have to simply click a link from gnome-terminal. Firefox will always steal focus. The fix suggested works, but also changes the behaviour in that the opened tab is no longer switched to inside Firefox. -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
I can confirm this bug. Here's the workaround : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/219812/comments/2 browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground should be set to true It should be trivial to change this value in ubufox. -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
I created a debdiff to fix this issue in intrepid's version of ubufox. This is my first debdiff. I used this guide : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Recipes/Debdiff ubufox (0.6~pre+bzr141-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low * fix LP: #272171 - Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link -- Roald Hopman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:22:41 +0200 ** Attachment added: ubufox_0.6~pre+bzr141-0ubuntu2.debdiff http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18629380/ubufox_0.6%7Epre%2Bbzr141-0ubuntu2.debdiff ** Changed in: ubufox (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: firefox-3.0 = ubufox -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
Great, the false/true-Workaround works fine for me (Evolution, Liferea, etc) Regards -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
Same thing was happening to me with Thuderbird links opening FF3.0.1 tabs, and FF stealing focus. A solution which worked for me is to go into FF about:config and set preference: 'browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground' to 'true'. Does this help? -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
Thanks for the comments and support. I'm not very technical with Linux, but I changed to KMail and then all worked fine. Ergo, Evolution was stealing the focus. Regards, Manfred -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
Mackenzie - I can't actually reproduce this bug at all on my machine. For me, Firefox never steals focus when I click on links in Evolution, regardless of which workspaces the two applications are on. I'm not sure that this is a Firefox bug as opposed to a window manager bug. This behaviour is actually configurable in Compiz (focus stealing prevention) by changing the gconf key /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/focus_prevention_level to a value of between 0 (Off) and 3 (Very High). A value of 0 means that windows will always steal focus. A value of 3 means that windows will never steal focus. The default value is 1. With this setting, I can't get Firefox to steal focus when clicking on a link in Evolution. If I set it to 0, then Firefox always steals focus. I don't think Metacity has an equivalent setting. -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
I haven't looked in Compiz's focus stealing prevention settings. I know using Compiz and Firefox, Firefox doesn't let go of focus when the workspace changes, so the window on top of which the mouse sits doesn't get focus even when using focus follows mouse. I don't use Metacity, but I know with the only change to Compiz's focus being focus-follows-mouse instead of click-to-focus and with Xmonad's default tiling algorithm, Firefox steals focus. -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 272171] Re: Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link
** Summary changed: - Firefox steals focus when told by another application to open a link + Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist -- Firefox should not steal focus when told by another application to open a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
