On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 03:46:33PM -0500, Casey Crabb wrote:
> Is there a way to configure fvwm to forbid application focus and "on
> top" or "front" unless I specifically take action to focus the window
> or bring it to the front?
>
> I have a habit of starting several applications, then going back to
> web-browsing for a while; and would like to find a stopping point in my
> web-browsing before dealing with whatever application I started. I just
> want the application to start and behave itself quietly in the
> background.
>
> The faq wasn't revealing any easy way to do this, and google wasn't
> much help either.
>
> Is it possible to do this, is there a reason I'm not thinking of for
> why this wouldn't be desirable?
You may want to try
Style * StartsLowered
To prevent new windows from grabbing the focus, use
Style * !GrabFocus, !GrabFocusTransient
in 2.5.x or the older syntax for 2.4.x:
Style * GrabFocusOff, GrabFocusTransientOff
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Wed May 07 2003 - 17:53:37 BST