[openbox] Focus Stealing

[Folderol]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:07:22 +0100
Sebastian Joseph <cyberheroo at arcor.de> wrote:

> Folderol 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
> >
> >   
> In the rc.xml is a focus block, and in this block is a focusNew tag. 
> Change its value to no and then reconfigure openbox. And it shouldn't 
> focus popping windows.

Ah. Thanks. You've probably saved and innocent computer from a horrible
death!

These things are really obvious when you know aren't they :)

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