Flashing tile in Task Manager

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 02 July 2010 08:37:59 Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 20:59 -0500, Dave Ulrick wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have configured the Task Manager widget in the KDE panel to show only
> > apps for the current desktop, but I've noticed that a flashing tile for
> > an app from another desktop will appear if KDE detects that that app has
> > performed some action such as a screen update.  I suppose this can be a
> > useful feature, but in the case of GNU Emacs it's a bit annoying.  If I
> > use a keyboard shortcut to jump to a desktop with a GNU Emacs window,
> > it's 100% certain that I'll see a flashing tile for that window if I
> > land in a different desktop.  In other words, I don't even need to _do_
> > anything in Emacs to cause the flashing tile to appear--I just need to
> > visit its desktop via a keystroke.  If I want to leave the Emacs desktop
> > without triggering the flashing tile, I have to use the mouse to select
> > a different desktop from the Virtual Desktops widget.
> > 
> > Note that this behavior began when I upgraded to KDE 4.4.x.  I had no
> > such problem with 4.3.x.
> > 
> > Two questions:
> > 
> > 1.  Is there any way to configure Task Manager to exempt selected apps
> > from the "flashing tile" treatment?  Are there any other workarounds that
> > might cut back on this nuisance?
> > 
> > 2.  If not, any suggestions on how I ought to put together a clear
> > upstream bug report or enhancement request?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> 
> I think I saw this bug / feature in all the KDE 4.x releases. No idea
> how to disable it.
> 
You can control the flashing behaviour for all KDE apps, but emacs is.... well, 
emacs.

Anne
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