[Bug 45837] Re: "Focus Follows Mouse" doesn't set focus to Desktop

[kko]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: kdebase
  
  In other words, "Focus Follows Mouse" _doesn't follow_ to Desktop.
  
  The original title of this bug was:
  "Automatically select icons" does not work on KDE Desktop
  
  It was partially correct, but the cause was the focus-setting not
  behaving as would be expected. The steps to demonstrate the problem
  below are still indicative of the problem.
  
  
  KDE Control Center - Peripherals - Mouse has the following option: "Automatically select icons".
  
  It works in Konqueror, but not on Desktop [EDIT: This is due to Desktop
  not gaining focus.]
  
  Scenario: With KDE's single-click-to-execute -behaviour, you would want to rename a file on the desktop.
  1. Ok, select it, but how?
  - Left click - no go.
- - Right click - opens up a menu. (On which the hotkeys don't work when the menu is open. I'll file a separate bug on this one.)
+ - Right click - opens up a menu. (On which the hotkeys don't work when the menu is open. I'll file a separate bug on this one. See bug 45843.)
  - Drag a square over the file - works, but is clumsy.
  - Search the mouse configuration in KDE - "There's got to be a better way in here ### somewhere!" - Find "Automatically select icons" and choose it. - Try if it works.
  
  So, this doesn't work on the desktop. Works in Konqueror, as stated.
  
  2. When you have the file selected, press F2 to rename - what could be
  easier.
  
  Kubuntu Breezy, KDE 3.4.3.
  
  EDIT: Further diagnosis. With "Focus Follows Mouse" AND "Focus Under
  Mouse", the Desktop _does not_ gain focus.
  
  Only with "Focus Strictly Under Mouse" does also the Desktop gain focus.
  
  Expected behaviour with "Focus Follows Mouse":
  - Focus follows mouse where the user takes the cursor. Also to the desktop.
  - Only when a popup or confirmation/menu or other newly-started program's window comes to the foreground, that window gains focus.

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"Focus Follows Mouse" doesn't set focus to Desktop
https://launchpad.net/bugs/45837