After update to KDE3.5.6 release 85.1 URL's open in taskbar

Hello,

I am reading Linux Today Newsletter For MAY 11, 2007
In that newsletter are a number of newsitems with a short description and a
URL for the long description. If I clicked on the URL the long description
opened in a new screen and that was fine since after reading and closing
that new screen you returned to the newsletter so you could select the next
URL for which you want to see the long description.
After updating to KDE 3.5.6 release 85.1 the above described process have
changed. If I now click on a URL that item shows up in the taskbar and you
have to click again on it to open the long description. I have searched how
to change this behavior back to how it was, unfortunately without success.

Any Idea ???

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Regards,

Frans Leerink

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F.Leerink wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am reading Linux Today Newsletter For MAY 11, 2007
> In that newsletter are a number of newsitems with a short description and
> a URL for the long description. If I clicked on the URL the long
> description opened in a new screen and that was fine since after reading
> and closing that new screen you returned to the newsletter so you could
> select the next URL for which you want to see the long description.
> After updating to KDE 3.5.6 release 85.1 the above described process have
> changed. If I now click on a URL that item shows up in the taskbar and you
> have to click again on it to open the long description. I have searched
> how to change this behavior back to how it was, unfortunately without
> success.
>
> Any Idea ???
>
> -
> Regards,
>
> Frans Leerink

Hello,

Reading my message afterwards I noticed that it is unclear in which
application my problem happens. I use Kontact/Mail/Konqueror as browser to
open the URL's.
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Regards,

Frans Leerink

Frans,

I still am not sure if I understood the problem correctly.

In the control center, KDE Components, Component Chooser: What's the web browser set to?
Also in KDE Components, File Associations, check the association for html etc, und the "text" group of files.

Uwe

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Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> Frans,
>
> I still am not sure if I understood the problem correctly.
>
> In the control center, KDE Components, Component Chooser: What's the web
> browser set to? Also in KDE Components, File Associations, check the
> association for html etc, und the "text" group of files.
>
> Uwe
>

Hello Uwe,

In the control center, KDE Components, Component Chooser the web
browser is not set, open URL's based on the contents of the URL is chosen.

In the control center, KDE Components, File Associations, the
association for html in the "text" group of files is Konqueror.

I have now set the first item to konqbrowser iso open URL's based on the
contents of the URL. The result is still the same. After clicking on the
URL I want to read, I see Konqueror in the taskbar and the download process
of the URL and a little later, after downloading the URL is finished, I see
the wanted URL minimized in the taskbar. Clicking on it opens the wanted
URL.

Hoefully this makes more clear to you.
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Regards,

Frans Leerink

Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> Frans,
>
> I still am not sure if I understood the problem correctly.
>
> In the control center, KDE Components, Component Chooser: What's the web
> browser set to? Also in KDE Components, File Associations, check the
> association for html etc, und the "text" group of files.
>
> Uwe
>
Hello Uwe,

In the mean time I got the solution from Thomas.McGuire

This is probably due to the focus stealing prevention in KWin.
Try lowering the focus stealing prevention level in
KControl->Desktop->Window Behavior->Advanced->Focus stealing prevention
level.
See if that helps.



Thanks for the hint. The focus stealing prevention was set to LOW, setting
it to NONE restored the old behavior.

Just for completeness a summary,with:

1 Â* Focus policy "Strictly under mouse", all Focus stealing prevention
levels generate the old behavior
2 Â* Focus policy "Under mouse", all Focus stealing prevention levels
generate the old behavior
3 Â* Focus policy "Follow mouse", only Focus stealing prevention level "None"
generate the old behavior
4 Â* Focus policy "Click to focus", only Focus stealing prevention
level "None" generate the old behavior
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Regards,

Frans Leerink

Frans,

good catch, thanks for the feedback!

Uwe

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