Focus stealing prevention doesn't do anything?

[Brian J. Tarricone]

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On 10/19/2006 2:54 PM, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> I have upgraded my XFCE to 4.3.99.1 (debian etch/testing package)
> 
> GAIM and other programs still receive focus even though I turned on
> the focus stealing prevention
> 
> My settings:
> 
> Xfce Settings Manager>Window Manager>Focus:
> Click to focus
> Set: Automatically give focus to newly created windows
> Unset: Automatically rais windows when they receive focus
> Set: Raise window when clicking inside application window
> 
> Xfce Settings Manager>Window Manager Tweaks>Focus:
> Set: Activate focus stealing prevention
> Set: Honor the standard ICCCM focus hint
> 
> Why is gaim still raising windows when a chat message in an already
> open window/tab comes in?

This works OK for me with Gaim.  Note that each application has to
support focus stealing prevention as well as the WM.  I believe gtk 2.6
or 2.8 will cause all gtk-based apps to support it (though occasionally
the app developer needs to provide special hints).

Also, what are you expecting, exactly?  The point of focus stealing
prevention is to avoid moving the keyboard focus from one window to
another *while you are typing*.  If you haven't typed anything for some
amount of time, the new window will still get the focus.

	-brian

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