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metacity package

  1. Bug #328961
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 328961

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avdd (avdd) wrote : Re: [Bug 328961] Re: don't steal focus, ever

Quoth Thomas Thurman (2009-03-05 01:47):
> What would you like to see happen when you type this into a terminal?
>
> zenity --error
>
> According to your suggestion, the dialogue will appear but remain hidden
> behind the terminal.
>

1. That is exactly what actually happens,

2. That is exactly what I would want to happen, because

3. mixing modes in this way (console to GUI) is very broken.

If I'm busy typing away and some other process decides to show an
error in this way, I would likely miss it because I've been typing
and happened to press 'enter' at an inopportune moment.

Never, ever steal my focus. It's just rude. Knock before
entering, say "excuse me", etc.