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Keyboard focus on window close
country flaguser name
United Kingdom		 2007-07-22 08:09:35 

  


  

    KDE does not seem keep track of window calling 
order.  That is, when a window closes, keyboard focus should go back to the 
window that last had keyboard focus.  Examples, 

1. While in Nedit 
and enter ctrl-f to bring up a search dialog, enter search text, and press enter 
<cr&gt;.  I expect keyboard focus to go back to the Nedit window which 
it does not always do.  This requires one to go find the mouse, move back 
to the Nedit window and click.&nbsp; All of this is wasted motion and 
time.


2. Another 
application launches plot windows from the command line. ; The plot window 
correctly receives keyboard focus.&nbsp; Pressing enter <cr> causes the 
plot window to close as designed.&nbsp; However, like above, the keyboard focus 
does not return to terminal window to receive another command - say a 
modification of the previous plot command.&nbsp; Again, this requires one to go 
find the mouse, move back - hands off keyboard.


 



After having been a 
CDE user for many years, I find the above behavior a unacceptable - a 
bug.



 



Any information on 
how to find information to resolve this problem&nbsp;would be greatly 
appreciated.  Other than that, I like KDE and really do not want to switch 
again.&nbsp; However, recommendations for other window managers would be 
welcomed as well.


 



Thanks in advance, 
roym

  

  
  
   
     
    

  

    Re:  Keyboard focus on window close
  


  

     country flaguser name
United States		
     2007-07-23 13:09:32
  


  

    
> After having been a CDE user for many years, I find the
above behavior a
> unacceptable - a bug.
>  
> Any information on how to find information to resolve
this problem would
> be
> greatly appreciated.  Other than that, I like KDE and
really do not want
> to
> switch again.  However, recommendations for other
window managers would be
> welcomed as well.

I haven't had a chance to test the behaviour you described,
but if you'd
prefer to use a different window manager within KDE, you can
do it by
setting the KDEWM environment variable before the session
starts. One way
to do this is to create a file in ~/.kde/env (create the
directory if it
doesn't exist) with the extension .sh, and put "export
KDEWM=/path/to/your/favourite/wm" in it.

Regards,
Philip
-- 
KDE Documentation Team: http://i18n.kde.org/doc
KDE Documentation Online: http://docs.kde.org

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