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On Windows, is there any way to make the scrollwheel's focus follow the mouse?
On Mac OS X I can mouse over something (without clicking on it or giving it complete focus) and use the scroll wheel to scroll it. On Windows (7 at least) which I'm forced to use in my new job, it ...
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Quickly moving the mouse pointer to keyboard focused window on Mac OS X?
I use notebook with dual monitor. With Alfred I could quickly move keyboard focus to app on another monitor. But without mouse pointer also focus on, it is inconvenient to scroll that window. How can ...
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Keystroke to set focus on a particular browser - for Linux
I don't know if it is possible to do this.
I am doing web development and I found that I always lose focus on the browser that I am doing development.
I always open other browser windows at the same ...
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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 ...
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Giving focus to a desktop icon using the keyboard
When I start Windows 7 none of the icons on my desktop have focus. I have to click on one of the icons with the mouse to give it focus. Is there a keyboard shortcut to give focus to an icon? (It ...
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Why does the Firefox download dialog sometimes lose focus?
When I'm clicking a link to start a download, sometimes the main window steals the focus from the download dialog. This is extremely annoying for me as I have a habit of pressing enter to get to the ...
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How to highlight my currently focused monitor (in multi-monitor display)
I have added a second monitor and am now working in a multi-monitor display (in Windows 7).
I have a constant problem with window focus, where I'm looking at one monitor, doing something with the ...
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How to detect a background program (in Windows 7) which steals active focus automatically?
A background process/program steals focus from my currently active application. It disturbs me a lot when I type in an app or control an app using keyboard or play online flash games in full-screen.
I ...
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Bizarre Windows7 task bar behavior on right-click menu
I've recently installed Windows 7, 64-bit. I'm seeing a strange behavior with the task bar.
When I right click a running program on the task bar, a menu pops up, typically with the program name, ...
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Focus URL in Firefox - 100% guaranteed way
How can I guaranteed, 100% ,absolutely etc. focus URL in Firefox browser?
If there is Flash on page that focus is on it and CTR-L doesn't focus URL.
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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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Prevent Focus-Stealing from any PopUp Window [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7: Disable applications stealing focus
I have a really annoying behavior on my Windows XP System. Any PopUp Windows (e.g. asking me for my network signin) ...
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Portable Screen Capture App [closed]
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Can anyone recommend a simple screenshot tool that can be installed as a portable app?
... that quickly facilitates the de-focusing of inverted selections (I.e., Capture ...
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Portable Screen Capture App [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can anyone recommend a simple screenshot tool that can be installed as a portable app?
... that quickly facilitates the de-focusing of inverted selections (I.e., Capture ...
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Is there a way to set Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 to dictate to an unfocused application?
Does anyone know of a way in which to instruct Dragon to remain focused on a designated application regardless of its focus status instead of following focus changes? The primary use case we have is ...
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Why does the task pictogram flashes instead of opening the program?
Sometimes, when I select a click a program on the Windows 7 taskbar it won't appear (it doesn't gain focus and remains behind other open windows), and the icon will flash and turn orange. This happens ...
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Multiple desktops in Windows
I'm running a program that uses WatiN to automate file uploads to different websites. I currently run it on a machine that I remote into via the standard Remote Desktop Connection in Windows - once I ...
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How to tell if user is actively typing in Linux?
I'd like to write a little script to ask me what I'm doing at regular intervals, but I'd like it not to grab focus if I'm in the middle of writing an email or filling in a password. The two options ...
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Stop taskeng.exe window from popping up
I have several processes scheduled in my Windows 7 environment, mainly for backups, that are supposed to run in the background.
However instead of just doing it's work quietly in the background, the ...
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Hide all application windows except a specified one on OS X
Is there a free and stable solution satisfying this kind of need and preferably having a menu bar to let the user to exclude a particular app?
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Windows 7: Disable applications stealing focus
Is there any way to prevent specific programs from stealing window focus in Windows 7?
Windows 7 doesn't have the option of using PowerToys' TweakUI, which has been suggested in the past for stopping ...
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Windows 7 Explorer - Activate mouse focus to be able to scroll in tree and file view?
I'd like to be able to scroll in the tree view without having to click in it. Is there a way to do this?
I have once used a tool that generally gives focus to the window underneath the mouse cursor, ...
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windows 7 - when I open a folder in windows explorer (details view) focus is on the columns header
So when I press enter the list is reordered instead of the highlighted file/folder to open/ run
Any workarounds ???
Win7 home Premium if this helps
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Flash overrides Firefox keyboard shortcuts — how to turn that off?
I often cycle through my Firefox tabs using Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab. But whenever it reaches a tab that is running a Flash (or similar) plugin, Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab won't work anymore, ...
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Tool to find what window is stopping my Auto Hide
I frequently have a window that wants me to click on it. Some times I don't notice which one it is.
This causes my auto hide tool bar to not hide. I then have to play hide and seek with the window ...
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Prevent a repeatedly running console program from taking focus
I'm running windows 7. Every 10 seconds, a script will run that will send a popup command line box and close at the end of the script.
In the meantime, when I'm using other applications, I am ...
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KDE 4.5: Focus on scroll
With KDE 3.5 windows always got focus as soon as I scrolled over them but with KDE 4.x this doesn't seem to be possible.
At the Focus settings I only see the policies "Click to focus", "Focus Follows ...
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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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disabling focus stealing in Mac OS X?
I have a program that works in the background but whenever it does something, it steals mouse focus. Often, while I'm in the middle of typing something. Needless to say, this is very annoying.
Is it ...
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Mac OS X: finder window keeps opening by itself and stealing focus
I have a Macbook with Mac OS X 10.4.11 here, with an annoying problem. After starting the computer and logging in, the finder keeps stealing focus. You can go back to your working app, but a minute ...
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How do i keep a newly started program from taking focus?
Say i'm coding in emacs and want to start up a music program. Because it takes too long to start up i go back to coding and type away.
When the music application starts up, the focus is stolen ...
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how to prevent new windows from stealing focus in gnome
I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 and I have the window manager configured for "focus follows mouse" but new application windows will steal the focus. Seems like there are many threads out there complaining ...
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How can I force Firefox to select the tab to the right on tab close?
I'm using TMP 0.3.8.2 and a host of other extensions on FF 3.6.3 on OSX 10.6. I've tried disabling all other extensions that might interfere with tab settings but it's hard to keep track of everything ...
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How to disable mouse wheel changing ribbon tab in Microsoft Word 2007 on Windows?
With Microsoft Word 2007 office there is now a ribbon with tabs. Often I wish to scroll the document with mouse middle button scroll wheel, however, if the mouse is hovering over the ribbon, the tabs ...
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How to get back to an active minibuffer prompt in emacs without the mouse
In emacs, sometimes I will be in the middle of finding a file or switching buffers or doing something in the minibuffer, and I will click somewhere else for some reason. When I go back, the only way ...
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Focus issues in OS X Spaces
Spaces rarely returns focus to my last used window. Haven't been able to peg universally reproducible steps, but spend any time switching among spaces and windows and you'll come across this.
It ...
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How to update Preview.app from the command line without losing focus on Mac OS X?
I want to update Preview.app in the background from the command line without losing focus of my current window. I know that I can use the following to open/update the view of a file, but then I lose ...
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Stop websites from forcing cursor to their search box? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I keep Google from stealing my cursor? (Firefox)
It really annoys me when sites like msn.com try to force your cursor to their search box.
I have msn.com as my home ...
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Google Chrome mouse wheel takes keyboard focus
I recently switched the default browser on all my machines from Firefox to Google Chrome. In general I’m loving Chrome but there is one behaviour that is driving me nuts. Scrolling with the mouse ...
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Is there a way to keep applications in Mac OS X from stealing focus?
I realize I asked this question in the context of switching spaces and that it has been asked about for Windows, and I've seen some discussion of it elsewhere, but I realize I want to stop ...
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Strange focus bug in Firefox (chrome vs content)
Here is a strange bug I'm experiencing in Firefox: I can only use either the chrome, or the content, not both at the same time!
For example, I can click on tabs and the toolbar icons, focus the ...
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Windows 7 new apps windows with no focus
I've only installed my Windows 7 Ultimate last night.
Got a problem with new windows focus.
Problem only applies to windows opened through keyboard shortcuts.
I've got MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboard ...
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Stop windows from activating themselves
I play poker online. When a decision is required, the relevant window activates and brings itself in front of all other windows, so that I can act in time. However, I can pay attention to all opened ...
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Google Chrome: switch focus to newly opened tabs?
Now that bookmark sync has made it up into the beta channel, I'm trying out Chrome a little more seriously. I'd like to know whether, whenever I middle-click on a link/bookmark to open it in a new ...
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Is there a way in Mac OS X to stop applications from stealing focus, especially between spaces?
I have certain applications set to open in certain spaces, but would like them to open in the background and not switch the space just so I can watch them open.
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Google Chrome app file opened is not always in front, receiving focus
On Windows Vista, I'm launching files associated with a Google Chrome "Application Shortcut" app by double-clicking them. While they will always open this way, they will sometimes not receive focus -- ...
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Turn off Window Change on Hover in Mac OS X
Was mucking around with OmniDazzle, and appropriately pressed every keyboard shortcut to see all the effects.
Unfortunately now, when I hover over 'another' window - it comes into focus without me ...
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Windows XP shortcut key to focus a particular window
Say I've got several apps open and I want to keyboard shortcut to focus, or bring to the front, a particular window. Of course I know about alt+tab to cycle through windows, but it would be great to ...
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How can I find out which application is stealing focus in Vista?
This question is little different from preventing an application from stealing focus, rather how can I find out what the heck is stealing focus?
It goes like this. I'll be typing something in ...
