Re: Firefox on wrong desktop
On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:17:47 +0200
didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 12/07/2023 à 04:53, Manphiz a écrit :
> > <paulf@quillandmouse.com> writes:
> >
> >> Folks:
> >>
> >> This is Bookworm, XFCE4. Using claws-mail, when I click on a web
> >> link, it opens a tab for that URL on Firefox. As expected. I run
> >> Firefox on desktop 1 and claws-mail on desktop 2. However, when
> >> claws-mail launches a tab in firefox, it moves firefox to desktop
> >> 2, on top of claws-mail.
> >>
> >> Obscure, I know. Any solutions?
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> > This seems to be an issue with XFce4's window manager. The same
> > happened to me with thunderbird + Chrome. It doesn't happen on
> > Gnome. Probably worth filing a bug against xfwm4.
> >
> > --
> > Manphiz
>
> Hello,
>
> This is not a bug.
> Xfce has a different default choice to Gnome, that's all.
>
> It seems (not tested, I haven't used Xfce for years) that you can
> adjust this behavior to your preferences:
> https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/wmtweaks#focus
>
> the "Do nothing" option would probably do the trick
>
>
Thank you, Didier. That fixes it.
Paul
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