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heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

I'm running KDE/openbox, and I'm pretty much set with it, but I have one problem. Whenever I get an IM in pidgin, it steals focus from whatever I'm doing. I read that openbox version 3.4 and above has

New focus stealing prevention that is smart and not intrusive and not annoying

When I ran kwin inside KDE, it worked the way I expected it to, the window wouldn't jump to the front with focus. Has anyone had a similar problem, or know of a solution?

Last edited by heleos (2008-05-13 16:14:00)

oew

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From: Norway

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 105

Re: Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?
It's really annoying...

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Rydgel

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From: France

Registered: 2008-09-04

Posts: 166

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Re: Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

Same problem here with openBox too. I'm trying to find a fix.

kensai

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From: Puerto Rico

Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 2,484

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Re: Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

That prevents me from using openbox with GNOME, since the urbanterror game keeps being interrupted byt eh focus stealing of pidgin. But never debugged it, it might be interesting to get to the root of the problem, I'll see what I can find.

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robertofmj

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2010-07-30

Posts: 10

Re: Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

Sorry for bump this old topic. But anyone finding a fix for this bug ?

Stebalien

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Registered: 2010-04-27

Posts: 1,239

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Re: Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

I have not tested it, but you can try:

    <application class="Pidgin">
      <focus>no</focus>
    </application>

This thread may also be of help: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=88163

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litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: Pidgin stealing focus (inside openbox)

Welcome to the forums robertofmj,

Bumping old threads is generally discouraged here, please read our Forum Etiquette. Feel free to start a new thread and link to this one if desired.

Closing this one up.

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