[opensuse] Window Activation Options?

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Jerry Houston

30 Dec 2007 30 Dec '07

18:11

Somewhere or another, in all the possible configuration areas, there's an option that activates windows when the mouse passes over them. (I'm using KDE.) I must have thought it would be a good option to try, and I vaguely remember turning it on, but now it's driving me mad. After clicking where I want to insert text into an email message or an editor, for example, I habitually move the mouse cursor away from there, so it isn't included in the text I'm looking at. If I accidentally move the mouse off the message and onto the Thunderbird window behind it, say, then the main Thunderbird window is activated, the message is deactivated, and I can't enter text until I move the cursor back onto the message window. A similar thing happens if I move the mouse cursor off the gedit window I'm using. Mere words can't express how annoying that is, and turning that option off would be far preferable than forming new editing habits. Trouble is, I can't find it again. I've looked everywhere I can think of, and can't find any such option anywhere. Does anyone here recognize the option I'm talking about, and remember where that is? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Randall R Schulz

30 Dec 30 Dec

18:36

On Sunday 30 December 2007 10:11, Jerry Houston wrote:

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Somewhere or another, in all the possible configuration areas, there's an option that activates windows when the mouse passes over them. (I'm using KDE.) I must have thought it would be a good option to try, and I vaguely remember turning it on, but now it's driving me mad.

It's a minority preference, to be sure (and not one I share). The option is called "Focus Follows Mouse" vs. "Click to Focus" and is configured in the KDE control center (naturally): Control Center -> Desktop --> Window Behavior ---> Focus (tab) ----> Policy: (pop-up)

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Trouble is, I can't find it again. I've looked everywhere I can think of, and can't find any such option anywhere. Does anyone here recognize the option I'm talking about, and remember where that is?

Seek no more! Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jerry Houston

19:00

Randall R Schulz wrote:

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The option is called "Focus Follows Mouse" vs. "Click to Focus" and is configured in the KDE control center (naturally):

Control Center -> Desktop --> Window Behavior ---> Focus (tab) ----> Policy: (pop-up)

Thanks! Didn't even require restarting KDE. I'm not sure I'd have ever found it, buried that deep. There's one more KDE annoyance (albeit a trivial one) that I'd like to solve, if you happen to know the answer to that one as well. I've noticed that when I log out from Gnome, it takes me to the logon spash screen without any extra drama. When I log out from KDE, it triggers my KVM switch and takes me back to my XP-Pro machine, until I press the button to switch back to the Linux machine as well. Obviously, this is something else that's session-manager dependent, since KDE does it and Gnome doesn't. I'm not sure that it's been any different in the past, so I suspect it's not something I've changed, but if you know where there's an option where I can change that too, it would make my day complete. Thanks again, Jerry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

19:12

On Sunday 30 December 2007 11:00, Jerry Houston wrote:

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There's one more KDE annoyance (albeit a trivial one) that I'd like to solve, if you happen to know the answer to that one as well.

I've noticed that when I log out from Gnome, it takes me to the logon spash screen without any extra drama. When I log out from KDE, it triggers my KVM switch and takes me back to my XP-Pro machine, until I press the button to switch back to the Linux machine as well.

My guess would be that it happens because the entire X subsystem shuts down and is restarted (by init) when you log out of KDE. (I guess Gnome doesn't do that?) Probably when the video card driver is closed, it drops sync and your KVM is responding to that. My KVM doesn't do that. Two things come to mind to investigate: 1) There's a video driver option that would preclude the dropping of sync when its closed. 2) There's a KVM option that would preclude it from switching upon loss of sync.

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Obviously, this is something else that's session-manager dependent, since KDE does it and Gnome doesn't. I'm not sure that it's been any different in the past, so I suspect it's not something I've changed, but if you know where there's an option where I can change that too, it would make my day complete.

Thanks again,

Jerry

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