Focus follow pointer doesn't work all the time

[Richard E Miles]

> > > >>>>> "rem" == Richard E Miles <Richard> writes:
> > > 
> > >     >> My current window loses focus when a new application comes up. This is
> > >     >> annoying (to me). Is there a setting I can tweak that will *ALWAYS* give
> > >     >> focus to the window under the pointer?
> > >     >> 
> > >     rem> from gnome:
> > >     rem> select preferences
> > >     rem> select windows
> > >     rem> from popup window indicate window focus preference
> > > 
> > > No, that doesn't do it. I already have that set and it exhibits the
> > > behavior I mentioned above.
> > > 
> > > --- Vladimir
> > 
> > That's strange. On my system it seems to work. I made the changes in the
> > preferences windows popup and verified that focus follows the cursor pointer.
> > I then typed konqueror to bring up a new application. The focus did not leave
> > the window I was in.
> 
> On my FC2 system it works like Vladimir's. From a terminal window type
> "glxgears". The focus goes to the gears window even though the mouse is
> still over the terminal window. If you read the preferences/windows
> popup carefully, it says "Select windows when the mouse moves over them"
> and in fact when you move the mouse out of the window and then back in,
> the focus comes back. 
> -- 
> Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>
> 
You are absolutely right glxgears does move the window focus. But when you
move the pointer back to the envoking window it follows, go-figure. So I 
guess there is no way to have the focus remain in a window all the time.
 
-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097