https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377914
--- Comment #55 from b...@whitleymott.net --- i'm puzzled that the focus of this discussion has been on kwin. isn't this a launcher issue? The launcher gets invoked, by mouse or by keyboard, and it may or may not get focus. Seems to me it ought to be fine whether or not it receives focus, and it should stay up and wait for further interaction. if it both receives and then loses focus, then it should roll down. i'd advocate reassigning this bug and fixing the launcher accordingly, and i'm grateful this thread has suggested meanwhile i might still get by with extreme focus stealing protection if i merely defocus the active window before invoking the launcher. Of course it gets more interesting with high or extreme focus stealing prevention. Even if the launcher arrives underneath the currently active window, at least part of the launcher ought to be visible over the panel. But if the active window is fullscreen and covers the panel then yeah the launcher would roll up but remain invisible. Still that sounds reasonable in that circumstance. Perhaps it could just roll up on a different screen if there are other screens, but i'm not begging for that, just suggesting. i'm also perplexed that more folks don't demand strong focus stealing protection. is it truly such a minority of us that are frustrated by popups that steal keystrokes from ongoing typing which rapidly dismisses them leaving me wondering what that was and what it's going to do next? More likely it's only a minority of folks that both understand what's possible and bother to contribute their experience. Focus protection was one of several strong reasons i was a twm fan for many years, tho now firefox no longer plays well with it. Tho come to think of it the way firefox no longer plays well with it is a highly similar issue, a firefox popup will invisibly appear underneath the active firefox window. Anyway among the alternatives KDE so far seems to me the most capable while still minimal and welcoming, fiery personalities notwithstanding. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
