[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE Window Focus Behaviour
From:       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak () suse ! cz>
Date:       2004-07-02 9:53:01
Message-ID: 200407021153.01598.l.lunak () suse ! cz
[Download RAW message or body]

On Friday 02 of July 2004 09:38, AR User wrote:
> Hi, James.
>
> What I'd like is this:
>
> 1. Run Application A
> 2. Run Application B
> 3. Start typing in Application A
> 4. App. B appears, but does NOT take focus from App. A
> 5. Switch to App. B
> 6. Start typing in App. B
> 7. App. B pops up a window
> 8. Focus moves to the new window
> 9. Switch to App. A
> 10. App. B pops up another window
> 11. Focus remains with App. A
>
> Does that make more sense?  In English:
>
> Focus should remain with the currently focused application (CFA),
> however if the CFA displays a new window, then keyboard focus (KF)
> should move to the first input field of the new window.  If an
> application is not CFA, then there should be no way it can ever
> automatically gain KF.
>
> Basically, do not automatically take KF away between applications (e.g.,
> typing in Konsole should never lose focus -- ever).  Between windows of
> the same application is okay (e.g., Mozilla's mail server password
> prompt should always take focus, provided Mozilla is the CFA).

 Excellent. You've just described the focus stealing prevention feature.

 Now, if you have some problem with it, why I don't see any new bugreport 
about it?

-- 
Lubos Lunak
KDE developer
---------------------------------------------------------------------
SuSE CR, s.r.o.  e-mail: l.lunak@suse.cz , l.lunak@kde.org
Drahobejlova 27  tel: +420 2 9654 2373
190 00 Praha 9   fax: +420 2 9654 2374
Czech Republic   http://www.suse.cz/
 
>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]