[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 54127] Re: Certain windows steal focus

[Raptor Ramjet]

Update manage has just stolen the focus 3 times.

The second time it put some sort of message up whilst I was typing a
search into Firefox and, as the space bar is accepted as a "press of the
highlighted button", I just about saw the window disaapear out of the
corner of my eye whilst I was moving on to my next search term.

As I did not even properly see the dialogue this effectively means that
Update Manager has asked me a question about some potentially
problematic change to my system which I have just unwittingly applied.
Alternatively I have must missed an important notification about the
update.

This focus stealing behaviour is totally unacceptable Windows 95 style
programming.  An application that does not have the focus should put up
any new windows in the background.  I should be able to decide when I
wish to give my attention to a program.  They are working for me, I am
not working for them.

This bug should be allocated the highest prioity as it basically makes
Ubuntu as unusable as Windows.

It is not just Update Manager that behaves in this fashion so I shall
document each and every instance of this behaviour as it happens.
However due to X currently being broken on my machine (see bug #158002)
this may take a while as I am currently unable to use my Ubuntu machine
as a desktop (screen resolution of 50Hz makes it unusable)

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Certain windows steal focus
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/54127
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