- make it visually obvious (perhaps the selection could change colour)
which window my dialog actions will affect, or
Yes, that might be useful. I thought about that too. Please add a RFE.
- to lock the "active" window (maybe the last one actually edited?) to
consequent dialog actions.
No, I don't think it's going to be intuitive.
Or maybe there's another, more obvious way to solve it.
For example:
3. Turn off "focus follows mouse" :)
4. Use maximized document windows. I always use them, except I when need to compare two documents side by side (rarely).
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I, too, use focus-follows-mouse, and have had this happen...
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:38:54PM +0000, bulia byak wrote:
- make it visually obvious (perhaps the selection could change colour)
which window my dialog actions will affect, or
Yes, that might be useful. I thought about that too. Please add a RFE.
Agreed, this is a nice idea: having a noticable change in the selected view.
- to lock the "active" window (maybe the last one actually edited?) to
consequent dialog actions.
No, I don't think it's going to be intuitive.
Also, I think it would cause more headache than help for other focus-follows-mouse people. I expect to be able to move from window to window and use the same dialog to work on them. :)
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 11:38, bulia byak wrote:
- make it visually obvious (perhaps the selection could change colour)
which window my dialog actions will affect, or
Yes, that might be useful. I thought about that too. Please add a RFE.
- to lock the "active" window (maybe the last one actually edited?) to
consequent dialog actions.
No, I don't think it's going to be intuitive.
Or maybe there's another, more obvious way to solve it.
For example:
Turn off "focus follows mouse" :)
Use maximized document windows. I always use them, except I when need to
compare two documents side by side (rarely).
Hey, I use focus follows mouse, also. ^_-
While I generally do #4, I think this is a problem that needs to be solved.
My suggestion is to make a small tweak, such that a window will only become the active window if:
* it becomes focused and the control key is not currently pressed
* the control key is released while it is focused
This means that all us FFM people can just hold down control while we pass over all the windows that we don't wish to become active.
I had been thinking about this previously, but was worried it might cause ambiguities for the user.
However, if we implement Johan's first suggestion (change the appearance of the selection indicators in the active window) I don't think that will be a problem.
-mental
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:38:54 +0000 "bulia byak" <archiver_1@...19...> wrote:
- make it visually obvious (perhaps the selection could change colour)
which window my dialog actions will affect, or
Yes, that might be useful. I thought about that too. Please add a RFE.
Done, I hope...
- to lock the "active" window (maybe the last one actually edited?) to
consequent dialog actions.
No, I don't think it's going to be intuitive.
Probably not. Just thinking out loud here really.
Or maybe there's another, more obvious way to solve it.
For example:
- Turn off "focus follows mouse" :)
Yes, well, I would except IMHO it's superior behaviour in every other case :)
- Use maximized document windows. I always use them, except I when need to
compare two documents side by side (rarely).
I just don't like maximized windows. Never use them. Not even in Windows, mostly. I use linux (gentoo, xfce4) for the most part. --
Johan
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