In a windowed GIU, the window that is currently active is said to have "focus"
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Oracle VirtualBox focus not changing
I run VirtualBox in many environments and in Ubuntu this is the only place where I have come across this bug
I've installed the latest VirtualBox and this problem still persists, it's odd
Basically ...
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How do I prevent Ubuntu 12.04 from locking, when using Win7 in VirtualBox?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 plus Windows 7 from VirtualBox.
The thing is that, when I am in Windows "too long" (longer than the time after which Ubuntu normally locks), Ubuntu locks.
It's not expected, because ...
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raise and focus running application when opening file in nautilus?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with and would like to know how I can configure it so that when I double click on a file, and it opens it with an already running program, it will raise and focus that program. ...
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keyboard shortcut for multiple monitors
Is there a keyboard shortcut for switching focus from one monitor to the next in Unity?
Basically, if I am working on my web-browser on my right screen, how can I switch to my terminal on my left ...
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Show all windows of an application on second starter click instead of showing the scaling window picker
When using applications with multiple windows which all need to be visible at the same time, switching visible applications is a bit annoying right now, because only one window is shown when clicking ...
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Setting focus on mouse as default
I have looked at the other questions about gaining focus on mouse but when I reboot my computer it reverts back to gaining focus on click. I have tried the method given here: How do I set focus ...
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Not returning focus to previously focused window
This has been bothering me a lot. When closing a window, the system does not give the focus to the previously focused window. Let me give an example.
Right now, I'm working with Google Chrome and it ...
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Is there any way to restore the old alt-tab-tab behavior
For me, copying the switcher logic from an another OS to Ubuntu is the worst UX nightmare ever. Having a logical separation between an application and the windows of an application just does not work ...
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Make “Focus Follows Mouse” Application Specific
I wondered if this functionality was built in or if it is even scriptable.
In Gimp's new single window mode, it still treats the main canvas and the Layers dock as 2 separate windows that steal focus ...
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How do I make it so that the spread comes up on one click?
In Ubuntu 12.10, if I have multiple windows of an app, the first click on an icon brings the app window that is focused into view, and only the second click brings up what Ubuntu calls the spread ...
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Shortcut to switch to app
Is it possible to focus an opened app instance/window using a command?
I'd like to assign a keyboard shortcut as to quickly switch to a specific app.
I want shortcuts for:
chromium (now it opens a ...
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Focus follows mouse stops working when opening window from launcher and no click to focus
This is 12.04 default desktop (unity). I set it to focus follows mouse, and changed the menus to be on the window. This worked for a while, then some unknown even, maybe an upgrade maybe some other ...
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Gnome-classic, new windows remain buried behind other window
This is my first question on this forum.
I have recently moved from ARCH Linux to Ubuntu 11.10.
I switched to using Gnome-Classic and noticed strange behaviors with the windows whenever I open them.
I ...
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Wolfram Mathematica on Ubuntu 12.10: no window focus on help browser
The help browser of Wolfram Mathematica is not getting window focus when clicked on it. Clicking links or buttons in the help browser works without the window focus, but copying code from or typing in ...
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1answer
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desktop not getting keyboard focus after upgrade to 11.10
After upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10, unity desktop icons do not get keyboard focus. As a result, can no longer rename or delete files from the desktop view, and any keyboard input continues to be ...
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How to control the focus system in 12.04
I recently moved over from Windows, and I apologize if this is a stupid question but I read the manual, tried searching various terms, and could not find anything that helped me.
I don't know how to ...
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How to drag from a background window to the front window
Is the following I will explain possible with a key combination?
Here is the image:
As you can see, the terminal is the focus window (Front window) and Nautilus is in the background (Back Window). ...
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firefox focus homepage
On firefox's latest version, using tabmixplus or otherwise, is it possible to give focus to the page when a new tab is opened (which is the homepage, in my case), rather than the address bar ?
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How do I focus on the status bar with keyboard in Ubuntu 11.10?
Connecting to internet is only the time when I really need to use my mouse.
I give priority to my keyboard. I only use mouse when I'm tired of using keyboard or in the condition I listed above.
...
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Weird focus problem in gnome 3 and unity 3d
My computer has:
Nvidia geforce GTX560 graphics
ASUS Sabertooth 990fx motherboard
Everything has been working fine, other than in gnome 3 and unity 3d.
In order to control an application, you ...
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Nautilus 3.4.2 want different colors for the pane with and without focus
I have Nautilus 3.4.2 on Ubuntu 12.04. I use the second pane via F3 all the time.
However, there is no colour change when I change which pane has the focus. There is on Nautilus 2.30.1, ubuntu 10.4 ...
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How do I set all applications to start unfocused or minimized?
Isn't there a way to force all apps to start up minimized or make them load in the background so they won't be opened on top of the window that I'm working on, besides making the window to be always ...
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Sloppy focus not working after upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04
I used sloppy focus in the previous version. Where focus would change from window to window on mouse over, but would not raise any window unless clicked.
I used this a lot when having two windows and ...
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Is there a similar application to blackout for the mac?
In mac os x there is an app called blackout that can help you focus (and in the process preserve battery power). By dimming the lights around the selected windows (and some other features)
is there ...
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Focus sometimes doesn't cross monitors with sloppy focus-follows-mouse mode
I use the 'sloppy' window focus mode aka 'focus follows mouse'.
I have recently noticed that sometimes the focus gets 'stuck' on the last window when I cross monitors. That is, the focus stops ...
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Hotkeys to focus generic window in Gnome
Is there a way to use hotkeys to focus on a window not determined by its program name?
Let's say there are nine program tabs open: Terminal, Eclipse and seven Chrome Windows.
Currently, I am just ...
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What's the difference between “mouse” and “sloppy”?
From the GConf key description:
The window focus mode indicates how windows are activated. It has three possible values; "click" means windows must be clicked in order to focus them, "sloppy" ...
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USB Mouse on Laptop won't change window focus
I have an Asus g74sx dual-booting Ubuntu and Win7 via Wubi. My touchpad and usb mouse work perfectly in Windows, but behave abnormally in Ubuntu; if I just use the touchpad, everything works fine, but ...
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I can't switch from one window to another
Hello fine Gentlemen,
i have the following problem and i primarily want to have a way how to analyse this.
My problem is that somehow Ubuntu keeps locking me in a certain window/editor. i can then
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“focus follows mouse” does not respect the window orders while closing a window
In gconf-editor, apps>metacity>general I have set up
"focus_mode" to "sloppy" and "auto-raise" to "false".
Now the focus follows the mouse. Anyway, when I have several windows opened, and I ...
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with keybinding, compiz can start a program using hot key, but non-auto-focus [closed]
In CompizConfig Settings Manager → General → Commands, I set Control + Alt + T to run lxterminal (I use Lubuntu, the hot key works well before installing compiz, but after compiz works, I found the ...
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script to minimize / unminimize window in unity
I use Oneiric with Unity. I want to make a script that
opens onboard if it's closed
minimizes onboard if it's open
unminimizes and focus onboard if it's minimized
I've tried with wmctrl -r ...
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Is there any way to leave window in the foreground in GNOME Shell when it loses focus?
My ideal situation:
Given a full screen window w/o focus (in the background) and a smaller window w/ focus (in the foreground), I'd like to be able to mouse over the full screen window to give it ...
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Video focus issue [closed]
When I open a video with totem, I can only see it when I drag the window (I can still hear the sound, however).
With VLC it's a little better, but the video flickers when something changes underneath ...
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How do I prevent webpages from stealing focus in Webkit?
I use a gtk TreeView to display different websites in my Python program. When the selected rows change, the web page is updated to the url field in the store. This works nicely, but a lot of web pages ...
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How do I enable mouseover window focusing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set focus follows mouse?
I am trying to enable the feature where a window becomes focused (whether in foreground or background) when the mouse hovers over it.
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Window does not get focus when opened by clicking a tray icon or a launcher icon
When I open a window by clicking an icon in the launcher bar or an icon in the tray area, sometimes the window does not get focus and gets opened behind the currently active window. I want it to open ...
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Unity launcher right click focus
When right clicking an icon in the Unity launcher, the menu comes up but i cant select anything. Its like Unity does not have focus at all.
I have to click somewhere on the desktop and then the right ...
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other windows of same application get hidden when I close one of them
I have several terminal windows open. they are all on top. Underneath them is, say, a browser window.
I close one terminal.
As a result, all the rest disappear (ie go out of sight) underneath the ...
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Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to temporarily disable the “focus follows mouse” function? [closed]
I love focus follows mouse, but I was wondering if it could be disabled temporarily while the alt key was depressed?
So while the alt key is pressed the mouse can leave the window, and any other ...
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Sometimes new windows don't come to the front when launched
I'm using gnome shell with new ubuntu for few days now and have experienced really annoying behaviour with new windows.
Sometimes when I use another window and press e.g. Alt Ctrl T to open new ...
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How can I force new windows to open in background & without focus?
I have Opera set as my default browser but it is the same for Firefox. When opening a link in Liferea, the link opens in an external browser and the browser gets focus. I would like to open the links ...
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Black area with stroked circle on the screen
Ubuntu 11.10 just installed from scratch + few applications from Ubuntu Software center installed, log of installations.
Black area with stroked circle is appear and block UI. Please look at ...
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Is the sloppy windows focus not working as it should?
I am using ubuntu 11.10, with gnome3.
I installed gnome-tweak-tool, in the windows menu, I selected windowos focus mode: Sloppy.
I had never heard of it before but according to wikipedia sloppy ...
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4answers
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Wrong window focus behaviour in Unity, but not GNOME Shell
I just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10, and I'm noticing a strange window behaviour that I can't seem to fix. Basically it seems like all windows have focus, as shown in this screenshot:
It happens ...
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Closing one window sends others to the background
After updating to 11.10, if I have a few non-fullscreen windows on top of a fullscreen window, if I close one of the non-fullscreen windows, the other non-fullscreen windows are pushed behind the ...
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Deeper drop shadow for focused windows gone in 11.10 [closed]
In 11.04, the window in focus had a deeper drop shadow to make it look like it was closer to the user. This feature seems gone in 11.10.
Was this intentional and will this behavior return?
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How do I set focus follows mouse?
Is there a way to set up "focus follows mouse" behavior in Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, and 12.10 Unity?
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Unity dash does not get keyboard focus first time [closed]
When I login to a unity session, the first time I press the Super key, the dash pops up but the keyboard focus does not go to it. I press the Super key a second time to dismiss the dash, and a third ...
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Prevent files from losing focus in Nautilus?
One of my pet peeves in Ubuntu:
I open up a folder with ~50 files in it. I start typing in the file name, and it matches something. I notice that the file I want is right beside it. I press the right ...
