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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: request for window manger hint (if it doesn't exist already)
From:       Sven Radej <sven () lisa ! exp ! univie ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-04-16 9:03:25
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On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Kurt Granroth wrote:
>Preston Brown wrote:
>> I would like some windows to be able to set a hint nodefaultfocus or
>> something like that.  It is somewhat annoying when you do are reading
>> something in your mailer, and then you hit alt-f2 to paste in a URL or
>> something that you just read about, and then the file transfer window or
>> lookup window takes focus.  I would like the focus to go back to my mailer
>> and have this window not get the initial focus.  Most of the time you
>> aren't interested in this type of window having the focus, right?
>
>I second this request.  One of the KBiff features is the ability to pop up a
>dialog box when new mail arrives.  It always takes focus, though.  This is
>*very* irritating when I am in the middle of typing something!

I agree (btw that window could have "launch mailer" button, IMHO)
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Sven Radej     radej@kde.org
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