Questions tagged [focus]
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After deleting desktop file, where is the input focus?
Bit of a random question...
On my Windows 10 computer, I deleted a file from the desktop. I realised I'd deleted the wrong file, so I immediately hit Ctrl+Z which I know Windows supports for undoing ...
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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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Execute command when urxvt gains/loses focus
I would like to notify programs running in urxvt whenever they (meaning the urxvt window they are running in) gained or lost focus. Is this possible? If there is a standard solution for this, I'm ...
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Sublime Text 2: leave goto windows on focus lost
How to set it not to close goto window: For example, I open it to install package, then Alt+Tab to browser. When I choose what to install and go back to Sublime - there is no more goto window so I ...
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Firefox steals focus from RocketDock
If Firefox (v3.6.28) is running, RocketDock (with Layering set to "Always on Top") shows above Firefox but if in Firefox I do certain things (such as writing a post or watching a YouTube clip) ...
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Focus last modified cell when opening Excel
When I open an Excel file with a large number of cells, I want it to focus the last modified cell, i.e., the last cell in which I entered/changed data the last time I used Excel.
How can I ...
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Can background window focus on mouseover be configured to update the Alt+Tab order?
I'm using Windows 7's focus follows cursor model, without raise to front. Unfortunately, the Alt+Tab MRU order isn't updated to reflect the focus change. Here's the behavior (^ indicates focus in Alt+...
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Does Win7 software exist that logs the name of windows with focus
I'd like to buy a Windows 7 program that locally logs the name of all windows that get focus, along with the duration of focus. www.realtime-spy.com appears to do the job (and more), but it stores it'...
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Outlook 2007 opens new mail messages behind main window and has to be minimised to use them
Outlook 2007, on Windows 7, has just started behaving rather bizarrely. When I reply to an email or click on the "new" button it opens the new email window behind the main Outlook one and won't let me ...
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How to start a virtual keyboard without losing focus in Windows XP?
I need to start a virtual keyboard from my application (namely click-n-type) to allow user input in the active field.
When I use the start click-n-type.exe the keyboard starts normally but I lose ...
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Confirm form resubmission dialog in IE8 doesn't have focus
When the "Confirm form resubmission" dialog comes up (after pressing F5 refresh) in certain sites, I used to just press Enter or the space bar and it would hit enter.
In IE8, the dialog box doesn't ...
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How can keep the interface unchanged when input focus moving with mouse?
Info on my os and window manager and desktop environment.
debian@debian:~$ uname -a
Linux debian 5.10.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.92-2 (2022-02-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux
debian@debian:~$ dpkg -l ...
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How do you scroll a second window without moving your mouse out of a web page?
So, some websites I've visited do some tricks with the mouse, especially when you leave a web page.
They detect this and perform some action, like show you an advertisement or force a prompt to the ...
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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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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 ...
