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Corollary for #3 on desktop: Don't steal focus! Windows is egregious for this, I'll be typing away and a window pops up and I hit a key and now I've just cance
by hnick 7y ago
Corollary for #3 on desktop: Don't steal focus!
Windows is egregious for this, I'll be typing away and a window pops up and I hit a key and now I've just cancelled something that was running the the background and was ready for the next step :(
- brigandish 7y agoOS X/macOS isn't much better. If I wrote my own GUI window manager I wonder if I'd even put in modal dialogs and the like. The ones that don't respond to keyboard presses and remain on top are the worst.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoYou know, this was one of the things that made me feel that I made the right choice in moving to Linux, years ago: I realized that focus was under my control. My current WM even has an option to disable focus stealing, but it's not necessary because the software defaults to respecting you. That, and I realized that all windows could be resized, regardless of whether it even made sense (Ever seen an okay/cancel dialog maximized? It's hilarious.). The system put the user in control. So I stayed:)
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoIt's actually quite difficult to popup a Window in the foreground. Usually the taskbar icon indicates it wants focus but focus stays where it was. It was a long time since I looked but I think there was a registry setting to override this but it's quite rare to see that done.