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Author Topic: Retain keywords after losing focus  (Read 13505 times)

lanux128

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Retain keywords after losing focus
« on: October 03, 2006, 10:25 PM »
mouser,
i have this problem that i hope i can make you understand. i call up farr and type something. then suddenly another window pops up stealing focus. to get back to farr, i would press the Pause key. so what happens now is instead continuing the earlier search, farr shows up with the default window. how do i avoid this?

btw, i tried alt+tabbing to get back to farr but it wasn't visible.

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2006, 10:29 PM »
ok i think i can fix that.

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2006, 10:37 PM »
thanks mouser. :Thmbsup:

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2006, 03:43 AM »
+1 vote for this add, i also noticed the same problem...
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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2006, 09:39 AM »
just to clarify - what you want is for the break key to not reset the search when used to bring focus back to the window when already on the screen.  in other words you want the break key to behave as if you had just click on the farr window titlebar in this case right?

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2006, 10:20 AM »
Yep, correct. That's the problem :)

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2006, 01:04 PM »
This was annying me too, until I discovered the "Always maintain focus" setting :Thmbsup:

I support the request, though, it might not always be preferable with the focus-setting.

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2006, 07:51 PM »
This was annying me too, until I discovered the "Always maintain focus" setting :Thmbsup:
i tried this option too but there's always a rogue window that forces itself into your face at the most inopportune times. >:(

in other words you want the break key to behave as if you had just click on the farr window titlebar in this case right?
yes, mouser. that's exactly what i want. :Thmbsup:

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2006, 11:07 PM »
fixed and will be in v1.12.01 when i upload.

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2007, 11:07 PM »
mouser, this feature seems to be broken in the newer releases.. :(

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2007, 09:27 PM »
paging for mouser: how do i enable this feature again? it seems to be broken in the newer releases..

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2007, 01:08 AM »
I've forgotten, but i have to add a new option regarding lost focus anyway so let me check and update and reply.

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Re: Retain keywords after losing focus
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2007, 05:47 PM »
thanks mouser, this feature is very useful in situations where there is a long & complex searches.. :up: