<div>On 2/21/07, Toby Smithe <<a href="mailto:toby.smithe@gmail.com">toby.smithe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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. -- Help me get to Venezuela! <a href="http://tibsplace.co.uk/venezuela">http://tibsplace.co.uk/venezuela</a> 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. -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/"> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>