Windows-toolbar behavior in gnome (your not going to believe this!)

[edwardsa <edwardsa@afrl.kirtland.af.mil>]

I have just found the metacity.schemas file and find that a new schema

focus_new_windows

has two possible values: "smart" applies the user's normal focus mode, and
"strict" results in windows started from a terminal NOT being given focus.

Now, if I start a window from a terminal, why the hell wouldn't I want 
it to be given focus?! If I start a window I want it to be raised, given 
focus, and even a drink if it wants it! This makes me think that 
metacity should be renamed to perver-city.

Should I file this as a bug? As it is, I'll using my stable boxes for 
anything serious until this is resolved.

Art Edwards

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Nyizsnyik Ferenc <nyizsa@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 14:11 -0600, edwardsa wrote:
> > > In the previous incarnation of gnome/X11 (sarge), when I click on the
> > > main window of an application, an associated window would be placed on
> > > top of all applications. In the testing distribution, when I do the 
> > same
> > > thing, a tile on the bottom toolbar flashes to let me know I should
> > > click it. The example that comes to mind is molden. If I click on the
> > > graphics window, I have to search the bottome toolbar to find which 
> > tile
> > > is flashing.  I have to say that this is really dumb. It now takes
> > > significantly more time to raise a window. Is there a switch/file I 
> > can
> > > change to get the old, efficient, behavior back?
> > >
> > > Art Edwards
> > >
> > > --
> > > Arthur H. Edwards
> > > Senior Research Physicist
> > > Air Force Research Laboratory
> > > AFRL/VSSE
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> > In your window manager preferences there should be some tick boxes
> > saying "Automatically give focus to newly created windows" and/or
> > "Automatically raise windows when they receive focus". They should do
> > the trick.
>
> I searched for such functionality and failed (metacity). Help...

--
Arthur H. Edwards
Senior Research Physicist
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL/VSSE
Bldg. 914
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
KAFB, NM 87117-5776

(505) 853-6042 (O)
(505) 463-6722 (C)
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