Comment 15 for bug 54127

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) wrote : Re: [Bug 54127] Re: Certain windows steal focus

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Savvas Radević <email address hidden> wrote:

> Instead of dealing with each application... shouldn't there be a tweak
> in gnome NOT to allow applications to steal focus?

Bug #35876 is already filed against metacity, GNOME's window manager.

But it would seem the problem is two-fold: something in the window manager
(that bug) but also the fact that applications need to tell metacity how to
handle them. If the latter is done incorrectly, there's not much metacity
can do, and it would be a bug against that application. (I'm talking a bit
over my head here, so take that for what it's worth.)