When I have a file browser and an image viewer opened and I double click a photo, the image viewer doesn't jump to the foreground, its icon just shakes a bit and acquires a glow around it, and I have to manually click on it to actually see the photo. How could I make it automatic, so that a double click on a photo shows it immediately, even when the image viewer is already opened in the background?
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This behaviour can be changed from the command line, open a terminal and type:
dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/focus-prevention-level 0
To restore the default value:
dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/focus-prevention-level 1
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hi, strange, in my ubuntu 14.04 there is no setting "focus-prevention-level" at this place :-| , any ideas ? Sep 23, 2015 at 12:53
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@user157697, you should be able to find the setting via CCSM. See this answer.– wjandreaOct 7, 2015 at 1:44
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2Thank you so much for this. The default behavior was wildly irritating to me.– jdcApr 22, 2016 at 5:02
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