Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Unwanted Focus switches Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <190620141151405415%nospam@nospam.invalid> <0uqdnYfZoaFagjnOnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@giganews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1403369294 13078 166.84.1.5 (21 Jun 2014 16:48:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:48:14 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:61324 Alan Browne writes: > Suddenly, unbidden ... > > 1. The window RYG lights go grey. > 2. The 'bonging' sounds reply to each key (dude: that data goin' nowhere) > 3. The app I'm in remains the foreground (menu bar) app. > > I did not launch anything. I was just typing away ... > > It's very plausible that something else has launched - but why does my > app remain the FG app (named in menu bar)? Here are, for example, some programs that cause this to happen, just as you've described - Bartender UTC Global Clock MoonMenu I'm sure there's a name for this function, but I don't know what it is. Maybe the output of 'ps -ax' would produce a clue. Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number