Re: [orca-list] Pidgin issue with new conversations

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi
No, that's not what is happening. This issue only happens if there is  
no conversation already open--if there is, then yes it goes into a new  
tab as I'd expect it to do. However, this is different, if there is no  
conversation open and pidgin opens one I cannot bring focus to the  
window. At all. I couldn't ctrl-tab into it no matter how much I try,  
because the window will not come to the foreground in order for me to  
try that.



On Jan 22, 2009, at 07:23, jon orcauser wrote:

> Hi
>
> I think the reason for this is that the new conversation is opening up
> in a new tab in the current window, rather than a totally new window.
> Use control tab to switch between tabs within the same window.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Jon
>
> On 1/20/09, Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> > I've just started experiencing a very odd, and very problematic,  
> > issue
> > with Pidgin. I'm not sure what caused it, and I don't see any  
> > preference
> > that looks like it would control this behavior.
> > When I open a new conversation to someone--i.e. I initiate the
> > message--it works fine. However, when someone contacts me and this
> > results in a new conversation window being created, I cannot focus  
> > the
> > window at all. It's in the alt-tab list and is announced, but  
> > attempting
> > to bring focus to it simply keeps me in the current window or, on
> > occasion, will drop me into Pidgin's buddy list window. If I then
> > attempt to open an IM to the person to send the message, I get the  
> > same
> > result. As long as that window remains open, I cannot bring it into
> > focus at all. The only way it seems I can close this window is to  
> > close
> > down Pidgin and re-open it.
> > I'm not sure if this is a problem specifically dealing with Orca and
> > pidgin, or if it's Pidgin acting up. Given the results so far I would
> > say it's the lattter. But I'm posting here in case anyone else has  
> > seen
> > this. Does anyone know what might be going on here?
> > Important versions: Ubuntu 8.10 (all updates applied), Pidgin 2.5.2,
> > latest orca trunk
> >
> >
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