Re: How to stop Firefox from grabbing the focus (using Xfce4)?
On Monday 24 January 2005 08:40, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 08:25:38PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
>> When Firefox finishes downloading a URL it grabs the focus and puts
>> itself in front of the other windows. I find this really annoying as
>> I often set the browser off in the background while doing something
>> else.
>>
>> Is there any way to stop it from doing this? (I use mainly Xfce4.)
>
> Submit a bug report against mozilla-firefox. I'll be happy to join
> you, if such a thing is useful.
>
> The "grabbing the focus" bug is listed at the Bughouse as one of the
> most annoying and long-lasting of all time.
>
> http://www.asktog.com/Bughouse/index.html
The Bugzilla discussion
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88810; 10 days old.
includes a tip that I believe works: put the line
user_pref("mozilla.widget.raise-on-setfocus", false);
in user.js in the profile directory. This seems to suppress the
annoying behaviour.
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