Comments on: Linux Tips: Window focus

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:13:59 +0000

I’m setting up a kiosk in gnome (full screen web broswer) and created links to skype… the thing is when skype links are clicked they stay behind the browser and in with the browser in full screen mode skype can’t be clicked on on to gain the focus.
I don’t really want to give everyone that uses it a crash course on pushing Alt Tab after you click to get to the correct window.

Is there another way of getting focus to Skype automatically?

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Linux Tips: Window focus | Jag Tycker Om — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:38:14 +0000

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By: Patkos Csaba

Patkos Csaba — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:01:45 +0000

It seems like I can’t find an option in KDE4. In older KDE versions there was an option “Mouse Follows Focus”, so that the mouse cursors was automatically moved inside any newly focused window. I need this in KDE4, any idea where is this setting if it exists at all?

By: JimTux

JimTux — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:01:05 +0000

I personally use the mouse scroll button to scroll between my active windows and active desktops. This way I can hold the ctrl key down and scroll for apps our goto the edge of my window and scroll to switch desktops. Pretty easy. With a new mouse I am getting I will be able to do this with one of the extra buttons on the mouse, no more keyboard!

By: Rico

Rico — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:05:30 +0000

i’m currently using Dexpot, which allows window rolling, with the added bonus of having a VWM. But thanks for the suggestion. i’ve actually used Winroll in the past and was amazed how tiny it was.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:35:47 +0000

Rico,

if you’re wondering about rolling up windows in Windows there is the little app called “Winroll”

http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

By: Rico

Rico — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:38:33 +0000

Coincidentally, i’ve been looking for apps to emulate the way windows are handled across the various desktop environments and windows managers. There’s a number of apps that offer always on top and rolling up windows, a few that offer sloppy focus, but i’ve yet to find one that offers auto-raise. i’d pay for an app that handles all of them and had keyboard shortcuts. Dexpot is very close and free, although it doesn’t offer auto-raise.

Window management, even without Compiz-Fusion, its one of the things i sorely miss from Linux.