On my husband's computer the Google Chrome window opens behind the KMail window when a hyperlink is clicked. My husband finds this very annoying. Is there anything I can do to make the Chrome window open in front of the KMail window when a hyperlink is clicked?
Wheezy, TDE 3.5.13.2, KMail 1.9.10, Google-Chrome 41.0.2272.89
I have googled, but apparently there used to be a bug where Chrome insisted on staying on top, and that was almost all I could find. They seem to have over-compensated. I did find one that was what I wanted, I think, but it was for Ubuntu and in Ubuntu-speak and I couldn't follow it. DE specific?
Thanks. Lisi
On 03/18/2015 10:42 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On my husband's computer the Google Chrome window opens behind the KMail window when a hyperlink is clicked. My husband finds this very annoying. Is there anything I can do to make the Chrome window open in front of the KMail window when a hyperlink is clicked?
That's not a bug, it's a feature -- TDE knows Chrome shouldn't be opening at all on a Linux system, so it puts it in an appropriate place. :)
Seriously, though... First thing I'd fiddle with is Focus Stealing Prevention in Chrome.
Window menu (top left) / Advanced / Special Window Settings / Workarounds
check Focus stealing prevention, select Force. It'll be set to None; I'd try Low, and if that doesn't do the trick, try next higher setting until it does.
On Wednesday 18 March 2015 18:34:04 Dan Youngquist wrote:
On 03/18/2015 10:42 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On my husband's computer the Google Chrome window opens behind the KMail window when a hyperlink is clicked. My husband finds this very annoying. Is there anything I can do to make the Chrome window open in front of the KMail window when a hyperlink is clicked?
That's not a bug, it's a feature -- TDE knows Chrome shouldn't be opening at all on a Linux system, so it puts it in an appropriate place. :)
:-) It is the only software he actually asked for - and he did offer to do without if it would solve this problem. There was something or other that Chromium wouldn't do on my system (something to do with Flash) and he didn't like Iceweasel, so I didn't argue too hard.
Seriously, though... First thing I'd fiddle with is Focus Stealing Prevention in Chrome.
Window menu (top left) / Advanced / Special Window Settings / Workarounds
check Focus stealing prevention, select Force. It'll be set to None; I'd try Low, and if that doesn't do the trick, try next higher setting until it does.
Doh! Thank you, Dan. It didn't occur to me that the logo was a menu. :-( I tried everything on the right. (Yes, I know that the TDE menu is a TDE logo, but I don't use icons so it isn't at the forefront of my mind.)
All is now well. Well almost, but that is another thread.
Thank you, Dan.
Lisi
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