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Topic: «AWM 6.0, Lotus Notes 7.0.2 and XMouse , Can AWM stop Notes and XMouse arguing? » on forum: Technical Support   Views: 5943
 
David Lomas
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Posted: 02/22/2010 04:20:41
 
 
 Well, I haven't been able to solve it myself I'm afraid, so here I am asking for help again :oops:

I think XMouse is invaluable, with focus follows pointer being my only way of working quickly with multiple windows. However, certain 'non-standard' apps really don't live well with this, and Notes is a great example. It seems that whenever Notes senses it has got focus, it automatically raises itself to the top of the stack, obscuring any other windows I might have been working with.

I haven't found a setting in AWM yet, but I'm wondering whether it could prevent windows altering their stack position unless, for example, the title bar is clicked on...

Here's hoping!
 
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David Lomas
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Posted: 02/22/2010 04:21:52
 
 
 :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

Aaaargh! This time, I remembered to click 'Subscribe', but then hit View to double-check my post before submitting. And guess what? 'Subscribe' was magically unticked!

Oh well - its pushing my post count up :)
 
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Tatiana Jack
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Posted: 02/24/2010 02:15:53
 
 
 Dear David,

We'll investigate the issue.

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David Lomas
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Posted: 02/24/2010 07:26:38
 
 
 Ah yes - I'm so used to looking for the check box at the bottom when creating a post, I hadn't noticed the links at the top!  :oops:

Thanks,

Dave.
 
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David Lomas
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Posted: 07/28/2010 05:22:47
 
 
 Just upgraded to AWM 6.2b2, and the 'Ignore Deactivation' seems to help with the Notes bringing itself to the top of the window stack - at least so far in my limited testing. But I can't find a way of applying that as a rule, or even sending CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+I as a keyboard macro when Notes starts - I have to do it by hand. Could I make a plea to have this setting as a startup rule in the next version?

Thanks,

David.
 
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David Lomas
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Posted: 07/28/2010 05:47:29
 
 
 Hmmm. Spoke too soon. Using 'Ignore Deactivation' does cause other problems within Notes itself. For example, when you double-click on an attachment in an email in Notes, it pops up a dialogue box with some options (such as Save, View, Open, etc.). But with Notes ignoring deactivation, the dialogue box never gets the focus - the most serious consequence of which is that there's no way to close the dialogue box. So you end up moving it around trying to find a bit of screen where it won't get in the way.

A quick press of the Ignore Deactivation hotkey gets things sorted again, but its obviously not a permanent solution to the Notes focus issue. A fairly good workaround though if I can remember not to double click on any more attachments!

Cheers,

Dave.
 
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