Focus Follows Mouse

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 12/21/2009 08:39 AM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> On 12/20/2009 11:09 PM, Rob Riggs wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is an editorial comment for the Fedora desktop developers.
>>
>> I've just done my first Fedora install since 8 or 9 with Fedora 12. 
>> Why is it now so difficult to set up "focus follows mouse" under
>> Gnome?  Click to focus is just annoying.  It sucked for me when "click
>> to focus" became the default, but I could live with finding the
>> desktop preference and setting it.  But it makes this user really
>> annoyed (Grrr!) that I have to ask about it on some mailing list,
>> install an obscure package, and change the setting.  I get the feeling
>> the the desktop developers think they know better than the user.
>>
>> Look, I *can* work either way -- I live with "focus follows mouse" on
>> Windows.  But this is one of the key reasons that Linux is my primary
>> desktop -- it sucks less and "focus follows mouse" is one of the big
>> reasons for that, especially when using multiple desktops.  Point and
>> type -- not point, click, type.  (Yes, I know it can be changed on
>> Windows.)  It is especially annoying when not only does focus require
>> a click, but that click also raises the window.  I want focus and
>> raising to be separate operations.  There are plenty of operations
>> that work much better with the focus window not being on top of the
>> window stack.  Forcing the window I want on top is a PITA that focus
>> follows mouse avoids.
>>
>> I don't care to impose my preferences on anyone.  I am not asking for
>> "focus follows mouse" to be the default (though that would be my
>> preference).  But please make it easy to set my preferences.  Please
>> bring a little Christmas cheer to the Gnome world and make "Window
>> Preferences" part of the default Gnome desktop installation again!
>>
>>     
> On F11 it's no harder then System --> Preference --> Windows <click>
> Select windows when mouse is over them..
>
> If it's not in the menu in F12 on you system you can either go System
> --> Administration and type control-center-extra hash it and apply or
> just open up a terminal and type gnome-window-properties and it should
> ask you to install it if it's not installed on your system.
>   

Correction forgot to add Add/Remove Software there.. as in

If it's not in the menu in F12 on you system you can either go System
--> Administration --> Add/Remove Software type control-center-extra in the search field and hash it.. 

JBG



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