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Old 12-16-2008, 09:04 PM   #1
BrianK
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Metacity: when a program spawns a new window, that window is not in foreground. why?


When running programs like Maya or Houdini with Metacity, when the program spawns a new window (like a non-modal dialog), that window opens behind the host application... Another example is jabber - when a new jabber conversation starts, the window stays in the background rather than popping to the foreground.

This does not happen under sawfish... Sawfish works as expected, new windows with focus come to the top. Is there a way to get this same behavior with Metacity?
 
Old 12-18-2008, 05:50 AM   #2
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Maybe it is, or is related to this bug?
 
  


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