Firefox moves to the same desktop as Thunderbird, when........

[OrionBelt]

On 3/31/07, Andrew Rowland <weibullguy at charter.net> wrote:
>
>  >Leslie Jensen wrote:
>
>  > > > I've found a behaviour I would like to change in xfce!
>  > > >
>  > > > Firefox moves from the desktop I've placed it to the same desktop as
>  > > > Thunderbird when I click a URL in a mail.
>  > > >
>  > > > I've tried it in KDE and Enlightenment, there the URL just opens without
>  > > > moving the app.
>  > > >
>  > > > Is there a setting that controls this?
>  >
>  > You're not alone, It's been asked several times. Please check this bug
>  > report for a overview of the problem:
>  >
>  >     http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2961
>  >
>  > Although the code in SVN will probably be changed/improved before the
>  > release.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > Olivier.
>
> I've had Xfce-4.4.0 installed since January 28 and have never had this
> problem.  I note the date since it precedes the backported patch which I
> wouldn't have on my system.
>
> Clicking a link opens a new Firefox tab (Firefox is always running on my
> box) and I get a flashing icon in my icon box on the panel.  The
> flashing icon response occurs whether Firefox is on the current desktop
> or not.
>
> Looks like the bug reporter is using a Gentoo.  I have a partition with
> Gentoo installed but rarely used anymore.  If it would be helpful, I
> could probably be convinced to install Xfce-4.4.0 to see whether I get
> the same behavior.

I am also using Gentoo, and i observe the bug reporter's behavior
(when i click on a thunderbird link, firefox opens a new tab (as
configured), and its window gets moved to the same desktop as
thunderbird).

I do not have the backported patch either.