Re: Automatic focus on new windows

[John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 11:00:35AM -0500, Anthony E . Greene wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:19:57 Mario Carugno wrote:
> >When i open a window, it doesn't get the focus automatically. Why ?
> >Is there some way to correct this (i think it is incorrect, since if i
> >open a window is for using it).
> 
> I agree. Look at the settings for your window manager. It's probably Sawfish or Enlightenment on Red Hat. I'm not sure what the other distros use for their GNOME window manager.
> 

If you use Sawfish:
Go to the Foot Menu->Settings->Sawfish window manager->Focus behavior
Check the "Focus windows when they are first displayed" check box.

I assume the other window managers have a similar setting.
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