Questions tagged [focus]
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How can I prevent some hotkeys from being redirected to the remote PC with VMWare Horizon Client?
I'm using VMWare Horizon Client to connect to several PCs at work. I like to have them fullscreen and I keep each connection on its own virtual desktop. I'd like to be able to use the CTRL+WIN+LEFT/...
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Non-maximised window on second screen disappears when moving mouse to second screen
This one's a bit hard to explain, and I haven't found a good way to google it. Pretty much if I have a non-maximised window (say, notepad) open on my right (secondary) screen, sometimes when I move my ...
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Stop Firefox's Pop-ups from stealing focus
My job is working on a website using Forefox, that website will promt a pop-up every 1 minute to give me a code. When the pop-up window appears, it'll display on top of all other windows and steals ...
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Remove browser from focus assist trigger list
I once tried to see if I could use the game recording capability of the Windows 10 Xbox Game Bar to record a screencast. To do that I told Windows that my Chrome is a game. (It didn't really work that ...
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Removing Windows 10 double focus rectangle
For some reason, Windows 10 started showing double (thick) focus rectangle for desktop icons and listview items. It is 2 pixels thick.
How do I go back to single pixel (thin) focus rectangle as it ...
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Eclim - don't switch focus to output
Just starting with Eclim, one of the gripes I still have is the fact that the my cursor is switched away from the file I'm editing when I call :Java. On top of that, it opens a new buffer asking me to ...
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Windows 10 : shellexperiencehost stealing application focus
I am a FIFA player and while playing in a match if you switch control to anywhere but the FIFA application, your game is terminated (you loose).
I have been having problems where some background ...
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How to redefine mouse click onto Firefox' address bar to work as Ctrl+L
I want to increase my personal privacy, and I mean it from the ground.
I deleted Windows and have Linux only.
I bought a VPN with cryptocurrency, decided to move away from Chrome and Google as a ...
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How do I make the focus rectangle in Gtk3 more prominent?
I use the keyboard almost all the time to navigate; it often happens that I forget to turn my battery powered mouse on and I only notice after 15 or 30 minutes :) But with Gnome/Gtk 3 it got harder, ...
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Computer runs faster on non-focused items?
I have all of the resources to run just about anything with this computer, and haven't deleted anything important to my computer's well-being.
Whenever I open a webpage or game, I have to change the ...
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AppActivate Excel-vba: Excel flashes in taskbar and doesn't activate
In an Excel-vba module:
Option Explicit
Sub Test()
Dim Outlook As Object
Set Outlook = CreateOutlook()
Set Outlook = Nothing
End Sub
Function CreateOutlook() As Object
Dim Outlook As ...
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xwindows / GTK Focus bug
As many have, this bug was first noticed quite a few years back (~2010). This bug is essentially when click one toolbar, then going to another area of the application, the window focus is not being ...
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Always show the keyboard in windows 10 (tablet) when no explorer is loaded
We have an application that need some key instructions, but does not have a text field (like an old console application).
Since the "tablet" keyboard in windows 10 only appears, when the cursor is ...
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RemoteApp steals focus from other applications
I have an issue with RemoteApp opened applications through Terminal Services, they randomly steal the focus from other apps.
When you have a RemoteApp application opened in the background and you ...
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Focus follows cursor but only in Win(7) Explorer
After I applied the WannaCry patch (32-bit Win7SP1), the focus in Windows Explorer has been following the mouse. I hate to fall prey to the "Post hoc" fallacy, but that patch is the only thing I can ...
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