[ubuntu-uk] Lost again

[Robin Menneer]

On 2/21/07, Toby Smithe <toby.smithe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 22:35 +0000, baza wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 22:30 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 09:05:57PM +0000, Robin Menneer wrote:
> > > > My ubutu has an unwelcome of opening new files behind the current
> window,
> > > > not in front of it.   How do I reverse this, please,so that by
> default, the
> > > > new file opens in front ?
> > >
> > > Forgive me if what I am about to suggest implies that you are some
> kind of imbecile, that is not my intention..
> > >
> > > I have seen this problem occur when a user double clicks an icon in a
> window (such as a file in a nautilus file browser) and doesn't wait for the
> resulting program to finish loading, but instead
> > > clicks again somewhere in that same window. This could be clicking a
> third time on the icon in question, or maybe clicking somewhere else. This
> causes the desktop "focus" to be trained on that window
> > > and not the new one appearing, so the new one appears "behind" the
> current one.
> > >
> > > Could that be it or am I barking up the wrong tree?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Al.
> > >
> >
> > It's not you. Mine has started doing this since I installed Beryl. It's
> > annoying eh?
>
> Yes - focus stealing prevention in Beryl is pretty broken atm.
>
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>
> You''re quite right in treating me as an imbecile - my complaint is that
> Ubuntu shouldn't allow me to do this - or make it plain to me that the
> desktop is click-sensitive.  Without your help, I'd never have guessed as I
> tend to click once or twice randomly.  What are the occasions when two
> clicks are needed and when one, please ?  Ta very much.
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