[Lazarus] Message Windows grabs focus after compile

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Vincent Snijders wrote:

> Graeme Geldenhuys schreef:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Was the following by design or a bug that slipped in.  I run Ubuntu
> > with Gnome desktop. I click compile (or Ctrl+F9) and while it's
> > compiling, I switch focus to a console window, so that when the
> > compiling is done, I can run my application. I always run my apps from
> > a console, not directly from the IDE.
> > 
> > When the compile is complete, the IDE Messages window grabs focus
> > again, so I again have to click on the console window to run my app. A
> > week ago, Lazarus didn't do this! I got an update earlier this week,
> > and since that this behaviour has been driving me nuts.
> 
> Yes, this was a feature request: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=9045
> On windows (win32 widget set) it doesn't change the focus back to the lazarus, the 
> lazarus button in the taskbar merely highlights. It seems that gtk1 doesn't handle 
> this situation as graciously.
> 
> Maybe an option should be added to make this configurable.

I vote for this option...

Michael.