Re: [Gimp-user] Filters etc always going to the background

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 03/09/2017 12:05 AM, Partha Bagchi wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net> 
> wrote:

> > On 03/06/2017 11:54 AM, Paul Thornton wrote:

> > > I seem to be having an issue with Gimp, that when I open a filter
> > > (any of them), the window always goes to the background and I
> > > either have to click it on the task bar or swap to that window.

> > I think this is the right place.  But first we need to know, what 
> > operating system are you using (name and version number)?  And, if
> >  your desktop interface has any major options (i.e. "standard" vs.
> >  "classic" in Windows) which you are using.  Odds are someone with
> >  the same setup as you knows the answer to this.

> > In the meantime, alt+tab is your friend...

> I'd say he is using a Mac ...

This seems to happen there somewhat more frequently (cf.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732985 or
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753248 ) but is not limited
to this platform.

We hope that a user who knows the debugging tools for the windowing
system they use can do some research there and figure out what exactly
is happening, i.e. what either GIMP or GTK+ would have to do different-


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Regards,
Michael
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