Bug 136670

Summary:	Dialog popup windows not on top
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Roger Oberholtzer <roger.oberholtzer>
Component:	KDE	Assignee:	E-mail List <kde-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86
OS:	SuSE Linux 10.0
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Description Roger Oberholtzer 2005-12-02 13:29:43 UTC

When an application (X-based, but not neccessarliy KDE) pops up a window, that window is usually displayed under all the other windows, possibly not even being seen. The window's ICON in the status bar at the bottom of the screen may flash for a bit. This can happen, for example, when starting YAST and the user needs to enter a password.
This is not expected behavior. It can lead to the user thinking the current application has hung, while in reality it is waiting for an obscured application-modal window to be interacted with. This is seen on all 10.0/KDE installs that I have.

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2005-12-02 15:51:52 UTC

Does it happen always? Can you post steps to reproduce the problem?

Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2005-12-05 13:06:39 UTC

This is a feature called focus stealing prevention. It prevents background applications from activating their windows and thus interrupting work with the active window, so if you e.g. launch an application and do something in another window before the application shows its windows, it's shown in the background. You can turn it off in Alt+F3/Settings/Advanced.
If you have a specific case where it doesn't work as should, please reopen and provide details about the case.

Comment 3 Roger Oberholtzer 2005-12-05 15:10:36 UTC

Nope. This works for an existing window. I am talking about a window that does not yet exist. For example, the password dialog for Yast. Or a modal window made by an interactive program running in the foreground and with mouse focus.

I have tried to see if there is a combination of windows that causes this, but nothing obvious has been seen.

This happens on EVERY SUSE 10 install we have. They are installed with pretty much out'of'the'box settings. I very much doubt that we are alone. I will gather more evidence.