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zeykzso
zeykzso

Reputation: 493

PhpStorm 7 lose focus input focus when searching for a file on GNOME shell 3.10 and sloppy mouse focus mode

I have a really annoying bug: when I hit CTRL+SHIFT+N to search for a file, sometimes it loses the focus, and characters entered that are put into the file currently being edited, but then it regains it, and continues the correct behaviour (this happens without moving the mouse!!!).

When I used unity on ubuntu 14.04 (with sloppy focus mode), it was ok, but with Gnome shell 3.10, having sloppy mode when changing window focus, it creates this bug. Does anyone know a solution for this?

It breaks my developement because I don't even observ I have a new character in the file, and it drives me crazy. Thx.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1249

Answers (3)

Alec
Alec

Reputation: 2154

2019 answer

You want to prevent other processes (such as the desktop environment) from stealing focus.

  1. Open PhpStorm (or IntelliJ, or whatever other JetBrains IDE you use)

  2. Go to Help -> Edit Custom Properties

  3. Add the line suppress.focus.stealing=false

  4. Restart the IDE

Other processes will no longer steal focus when you try to move focus to the IDE.

Upvotes: 0

Michal Holub
Michal Holub

Reputation: 768

Try disabling in registry: actionSubsystem.xWindow.remove.focus.from.nonFocusable.popup‌​s Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ and select "Registry")

It works in Ubuntu 16.04.

Upvotes: 3

lena
lena

Reputation: 93728

See comments in IDEA-112015 for possible workarounds. The issue is indeed related to 'cursor following mouse' (i.e. sloppy focus) mode

Upvotes: 4

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