[openbox] Focus Stealing

[Folderol]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:42:30 -0500
"Dana Jansens" <danakj at orodu.net> wrote:

> On Jan 20, 2008 7:44 AM, Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org> wrote:
> > A number of apps (especially firefox) have the habit of popping up
> > windows and stealing focus when I'm in the middle of typing something
> > in another window, which is, to put it mildy, irritating.
> >
> > As the window manager, is there any way open box can prevent this?
> >
> > I can't see anything in either obconf or the openbox.rc file
> 
> There are also protocols that applications can subscribe to, to try
> prevent this from happening.  Evidently, the applications you are
> typing in and losing focus probably do not attempt to support them in
> any way.  As mentioned, to stop focusing all new windows automatically
> is the other way to approach this..
> 
> 
> dana

Thanks.

I think stopping focus on all new windows makes more sense for me. Then
there is no doubt about whether this or that window will (or should)
gain focus.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk