I don't quite understand your question. I think it's click to focus. It's the default behavior of GNOME, and I never change it.


On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Jan D. <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> wrote:
Mingming Ren wrote:
Here's the information generated by report-emacs-bug


Please do not remove addresses from CC.  If you do, the information will not go to the bug tracker.

You didn't answer my question, what do you normally use to switch focus,  click on a window or just move the mouse over it?  Say when you go from firefox to gnome-terminal?  Not in this bug situation with Emacs, but just selecting another window.


I will paste former messages here to include them in the bug tracker.

       Jan D.


I'm using compiz and I don't set click-to-focus or focus-follows-mouse

When I Alt-Tab to gnome-terminal, the title bar color changes on gnome-terminal

It happens also with emacs -Q.

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Jan D. <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> wrote:

   Mingming Ren wrote:

       1. Open emacs and do some editing
       2. Alt-Tab to switch to terminator or gnome-terminal
       3. keyboard input lost in terminator or gnome-terminal
       4. to get it back in terminator or gnome-terminal, I have to
        a. right click terminator or gnome-terminal or
        b. Alt-Tab switch to other application and then switch back

       I only find this problem with emacs and terminator or gnome-terminal.
       Alt-Tab from emacs to other apps like firefox works ok.
       Alt-Tab from other apps to terminator or gnome-terminal works ok.

       It seems to me that emacs holds the keyboard input focus and doesnot
       wish to give it to terminator or gnome-terminal when Alt-Tab.


   Please use M-x report-emacs-bug next time, it contains information that are useful.

   What window manager are you using?
   Do you have click-to-focus or focus-follows-mouse?
   When you Alt-Tab to gnome-terminal, does the title bar color change on gnome-terminal and Emacs?
   Does this happen when you start Emacs with -Q?

          Jan D.



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On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Mingming Ren <portis24@gmail.com <mailto:portis24@gmail.com>> wrote:

   To get input focus back in gnome-terminal,
   I have to either right-click on gnome-terminal, or Alt-Tab to other
   windows, (firefox, etc, but not emacs) and then Alt-Tab back to
   terminal.


   On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Jan D. <jan.h.d@swipnet.se
   <mailto:jan.h.d@swipnet.se>> wrote:

       Mingming Ren wrote:

           Thanks for you reply.
           I'm using compiz and I don't set click-to-focus or
           focus-follows-mouse


       Ok, but what do you have?  Do you have to click on a window to
       change focus or is it enough to just move the pointer above it?

              Jan D.