New windows open in background

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 19:29 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Aaron Konstam
> <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>         
>         On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 20:48 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote:
>         >
>         >
>         > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
>         > <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>         >
>         >         On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:00 -0400, Matt Morgan
>         wrote:
>         >         > My 18 month-old was playing with the computer for
>         a while,
>         >         and now new
>         >         > windows are opening in the background.
>         >         >
>         >         > This is on Fedora 9. I googled this and searched
>         the list,
>         >         but can't
>         >         > find any help. I'm not using the fancy new desktop
>         stuff
>         >         (compiz,
>         >         > desktop-effects, whatever we call it). Any
>         suggestions?
>         >
>         >
>         >         The answer may depend on what desktop are you using,
>         which you
>         >         don't
>         >         state.
>         >
>         >         poc
>         >
>         > Gnome. Thanks. More info: If I click on the window in the
>         window list,
>         > the window gets focus, but does not come to the foreground.
>         Only
>         > clicking on the window brings it to the foreground.
>         >
>         
>         This behavior can be changed through:
>         System->Preferences->Look and
>         Feel->Windows
> 
> I checked there but don't see a setting for this. I see
> 
> Select Windows when the mouse moves over them
i admit it is not obvious. But you see an option to raise window after
an interval. What if you check that and make the interval 0. Will that
not do what you want?
> 
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