For some time now if I nudge the mouse while I'm working I find myself typing into the wrong window. It's extremely annoying. I don't want the focus to change until I either click on a window or tab to it. I can't find why this is happening. How can I turn it off? Thanks
Anne
On 07/30/2009 11:06 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
For some time now if I nudge the mouse while I'm working I find myself typing into the wrong window. It's extremely annoying. I don't want the focus to change until I either click on a window or tab to it. I can't find why this is happening. How can I turn it off? Thanks
The preference can be found @ systemsettings -> window behavior -> Focus tab -> Policy
Click to focus should be the default
-- Rex
On Thursday 30 July 2009 17:12:02 Rex Dieter wrote:
On 07/30/2009 11:06 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
For some time now if I nudge the mouse while I'm working I find myself typing into the wrong window. It's extremely annoying. I don't want the focus to change until I either click on a window or tab to it. I can't find why this is happening. How can I turn it off? Thanks
The preference can be found @ systemsettings -> window behavior -> Focus tab -> Policy
Click to focus should be the default
Yes, Rex. I found that long ago, and you are right - it is and always was set to 'Click to focus'.
Anne
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Anne Wilson wrote:
For some time now if I nudge the mouse while I'm working I find
myself typing
into the wrong window. It's extremely annoying. I don't want
the focus to
change until I either click on a window or tab to it. I can't
find why this
is happening. How can I turn it off? Thanks
Anne
To really be able to use this, there needs to be a distinctive difference in how windows appear based on focus. To do that, I set inactive windows at 75% opacity (so they can still be read). Makes it a lot easier to tell what's getting input and what isn't. Oxygen isn't all that nice about it otherwise (just fading the titletext and slight color differences).
- --Ben
On Thursday 30 July 2009 17:58:10 Ben Boeckel wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
For some time now if I nudge the mouse while I'm working I find
myself typing
into the wrong window. It's extremely annoying. I don't want
the focus to
change until I either click on a window or tab to it. I can't
find why this
is happening. How can I turn it off? Thanks
Anne
To really be able to use this, there needs to be a distinctive difference in how windows appear based on focus. To do that, I set inactive windows at 75% opacity (so they can still be read). Makes it a lot easier to tell what's getting input and what isn't. Oxygen isn't all that nice about it otherwise (just fading the titletext and slight color differences).
Yes, I know how to make other windows dim, but I'm a touch typist, so I often type away while my eyes are elsewhere, so that's no help. It's like finding that the base of the thumb is brushing your touchpad while you type, Extremely annoying.
I need to find what's making it do this. It's certainly not obvious.
Anne
-
Anne Wilson -
Ben Boeckel -
Rex Dieter