Focus-follows-mouse in KDE under FC19?

Ahmad Samir ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 17 18:31:18 UTC 2014


On 17 February 2014 19:24, William W. Austin <airedad at att.net> wrote:

>
> Apologies if this has been answered already but I didn't see this in
> the archives and a web search didn't find anything more recent than
> FC14 (and that trick didn't work under FC19)
>
> Last week I upgraded my wife's linux box from FC17 to FC19.  She uses
> the KDE desktop.
>
> Saturday she announced that she cannot live without focus-follows-
> mouse.
>
> Previously I would simply use /bin/systemsettings > Window Behavior >
> Focus, and then select "focus follows mouse" - but that option has been
> removed for some reason.  So I spent much of the weekend trying to find
> a way to restore the capability.
>
>
It's now in systemsettings -> window behaviour -> window behaviour, there's
a "Focus" tab there.


> A friend suggested that I use gnome-tweak-tool to set Windows>Window
> focus mode to "mouse."  That didn't help so I tried "sloppy".  Ditto -
> no effect.
>
>
gnome-tweak-tool would only have an effect if you're running a GNOME
session.


> Is there anyway to turn this back on in FC 19 (or 20) for KDE?
> Otherwise I'm going to have downgrade her machine back to FC 17 just to
> keep peace at home.
>
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> william w. austin                                     airedad at att.net
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