[Bug 54741] Re: New windows stealing focus -- and passwords?

Christof Krüger ubuntu at pop2wap.net
Fri Sep 29 01:36:49 UTC 2006


I agree with Koresko's points. Especially with the part where you
accidentally close unread dialogs by continue typing whatever you were
about to type without noticing the dialog in the first place. This has
happened to me a lot of times before. The same holds for typing ssh-
passwords into newly created windows.

I really like the sleep 5;xterm example. This is a thing that should
definitely be addressed by the window manager. I see no situation where
it would be desirable to steal focus while the user is typing. I think
that one second should be enough for most cases when not using "focus
follows mouse".

I agree with the others that focus should never be stolen when "focus
follows mouse" is enabled, though.

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New windows stealing focus -- and passwords?
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54741




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