To know whether an app is something the user wants to take activation or not. I know they've thought a lot about this problem, but have ultimately punted on trying to do much more about it, because there's no way for the window manager I was a developer on the Windows shell team at Microsoft during the Win7/Win8 time frame.
I should go to the offending application by myself if it needs my attention, it should never interrupt me. Just in case I am not being clear, the requirement is that if my application has focus(i.e I am busy with something), then under no circumstances must another application (which may be starting up) come between me and my current task, ever. I have looked around and this is a large problem with some solutions going back to XP but none for windows 8 and 10 so far that I can find. My entire message after the first word is lost since I cant touch type and I was typing into some modal window :(Īm I the only one endlessly annoyed by windows just allowing any old app to steal focus while users are actively interacting with applications? Some other app steals focus after I complete my first word, but I carry on typing. Some apps take longer to start so only finish after I am already typing. Scenario 2: I start typing a message in skype while windows is starting up. I look up and my production password is on display unhidden to anyone behind me since it is now displayed in a text box of some application which stole focus from a password text box.
Scenario 1: I start typing a password into RDC to remote into a production server, and some other application steals focus as I am typing. Happy browsing, Chrome and Firefox users.Is there any way to stop applications from stealing focus? Filter those results by “warnon,” and set all the options that appear to “true.” Then filter for “quit,” and set the “showQuitWarning” to “true.” Huzzah! Now any time you’ve got more than one Firefox tab open, it’ll warn you before quitting. Check “Warn me when closing multiple tabs.” Then, open a new Firefox tab and in the address bar, type about:config. First, open Firefox’s preferences panel and head over to the “Tabs” section. Chrome for Windows lacks this nifty feature, but if you restart Chrome and hit Control + Shift + T, it’ll reopen all the tabs you had open when you accidentally closed Chrome.įor Firefox users on Windows or Mac, the trick takes a little more work. If you’re using Chrome on a Mac, click “Chrome” on your top toolbar, then check “Warn Before Quitting.” Now, you’ll need to either hold down the Q button or tap it twice to fully close Chrome-no more accidental Cmd-Qs when you meant to Cmd-W. Well, there’s something you can do about it.
0 kommentar(er)
