window focus problems?

[Wojciech Fraczak]

Rob Park wrote:
> Hey guys, I've been using RH since RH8, and I just upgraded to FC1. So 
> far, I'm loving it... but I am having one small problem with window 
> focus (I think this is just a GNOME 2.4 issue).
> 
> Actually, it's 3 problems, but they're all related:
> 
> 1. If I switch virtual desktops with the pager, and move my mouse onto a 
> window on the new desktop fast enough, it won't get focus (I have the 
> "select windows when the mouse moves over them" option enabled). 
> Clicking on the window won't give it focus, either, I have to actually 
> move my mouse off the window, then back on, in order to give it focus. 
> That's really a pain in the ass, I'm looking for a "focus strictly under 
> mouse" policy, as opposed to the "focus follows mouse (poorly)" that is 
> currently implemented.
> 
> 2. On one of my gnome panels, I have the commandline applet. As far as I 
> can tell, the only way to get keyboard focus into it is to ALT+click on 

Thanks for the tip. Before I had to close all other windows with 
"textboxes" to be able to get focus on any textbox on the panel.

> it (alt being my chosen modifier for moving windows with the mouse). 
> This is pretty annoying. It would also (hopefully) be solved by a proper 
> implementation of a "focus strictly under mouse" focus policy.
> 
> 3. I want a window to be raised when I click on it (right now, I have to 
> click on the titlebar to get it raised).
> 
> Is there any way to do these things right now? I don't see any options 
> in the preferences menu to accomplish this. I poked around in 
> gconf-editor, as well, but couldn't find anything.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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