Howdy, Most know a couple things about me, at least a couple. One, I do things in a somewhat weird way at times. Second, I'm also habitual. I like things to work the same way unless it makes things easier somehow. I noticed a change in KDE recently. It's not a bad thing, just something new I think.
I have 18 virtual desktops here. Each one generally has its own thing, email, Konsole, web browser, file manager for certain mount points etc. It adds up. One of my desktops is where I park. I have gkrellm there where I can see it even at a little distance. I also keep Smplayer focused, I think that is the term, there so I can hit the space bar to pause or continue playing without having to hit anything else. I sometimes come in greasy or something. About two weeks ago after a update, I noticed that KDE changed. Even if I have Smplayer focused, if I switch desktops, when I come back it defaults back to Gkrellm instead of Smplayer. Used to, when I'd switch back, it would remember what was the focus would and return to that. So, if I switch desktops after the update, I lose my focus on Smplayer. I started digging. I first started looking in the task manager settings. I couldn't find anything there that would affect it and I tried changing lots of stuff. I started looking in other places and eventually, I found something that I think is new. I don't recall seeing this setting before but most know how bad my memory is. If one goes to the KDE system settings menu, then click on Window Management and on the left, Window Behavior. Under the Focus tab, there is a setting for Multiscreen Behavior at the bottom, for me at least. Mine was checked which means it would focus on whatever was on the active screen, the one with Gkrellm, not Smplayer. I unchecked that and it went back to working like it used too. For some, the default may be what you want. For me, it isn't. So, if someone else notices that the focus is changed and wants the old way, that's where the setting is. It took me a week to find that, off and on searching. I hope this will save someone else some time digging for it. Dale :-) :-)
