Questions tagged [window-focus]
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Chrome App shortcut Always opens New Window instead of Focus on existing
I've looked everywhere still didn't find an answer to this.
In Chrome we can create a shortcut to desktop from a url, and open it like an App in a new window (like Google Calendar).
If I click on ...
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Preventing applications from stealing focus in Windows 10 [duplicate]
There is a dated question asking for a solution for windows 7. I have recently grew tired of newly launched applications to steal focus from my currently opened window. Is there a way how to prevent ...
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is it possible to make Windows highlight the active window/app?
I've been working with Windows for a long time. A few years ago my work environment got us a second monitor to use. It was fantastic, my productivity went up. Love it!
However, there's one thing that ...
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Allow process to steal focus
I see a lot of information about preventing a process from stealing focus. My question is quite the opposite: how do I ALLOW a process to always steal the focus when it so desires.
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On a ...
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How to stop Windows 7 program from always being on top?
I upgraded Foxit reader to a new version, and now its window always has the focus.
Alt + Tab will not switch now to another window.
The only way to switch away from Foxit reader is to minimise it.
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Window in focus doesn't minimize when I click on its icon in the taskbar (Windows 10)
After applying the anniversary update, Windows 10 decided it was okay to change various settings for me. I've reversed some of the changes but one persists and I can't seem to find where to fix it.
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How can I force Chrome to open new tabs via middle-click/command+click/ctrl+click without focusing on them?
On most webpages in Chrome, I can middle-click/command-click to force a link to open in another tab, and it opens in a new tab while keeping focus on the tab I opened it from.
On some sites/links, ...
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Why does the active Firefox window occasionally lose focus?
Occasionally, when I transition from one tab to another, the Firefox window loses focus. This is especially notable when I switch or close tabs via keyboard shortcuts. For example, I can be closing a ...
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windows: how to prevent background programs from stealing focus?
please don't misunderstand me, i do not want a tool to make a selected window always stay on top - there's already plenty of answers on SU for that question (such, as, these).
what i want is that the ...
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Applications frequently losing mouse focus
I am programming in Windows 7 and the applications I am using are increasingly losing mouse focus; the system, at times, is unusable as a result. A restart does not solve the problem, Microsoft ...
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How to prevent mouse events being captured by an unfocused window?
Mouse events are being captured by unfocused windows when the mouse is over them in Windows 10. This is wreaking havoc on my ability to watch videos on my secondary monitor while playing a game on the ...
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How can I keep focus on a window after the mouse left said window
Here is a common example: I open some mp3 file on VLC. The VLC window appears and I realize the volume is too low/high. Thinking I automatically have the focus on this window I just opened, I use the ...
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How do you enable focus follows mouse in Windows 10
I'd like raise-on-click and sloppy focus-follows-mouse on Windows 10 because this is the setup I've been using on Windows and Linux for years.
Under Windows 10, I tried the regedit Xmouse changes ...
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Keep multiple windows focused at once in Win7? [duplicate]
At the risk of this becoming XY, I'll state my purpose. A few games (such as Kingdom Rush) have this annoying habit of automatically pausing when you click in another window (so that the game window ...
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Windows 7 Unable to Focus
I've been trying to dig around to see if I can find this issue to no avail. Doing anything in windows 7 to get the focus of a window besides clicking on the window or using Windows+Tab has no effect. ...
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