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Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:30 am
by Tex-Twil
Hi,
I'm quite new to OSX and I'm using Adium as achat client. When I receive a new message, the conversation windows pops up and gets the focus which is very annoying. How can I disable this ?
The "Events" set to "Message Received (Background Chat" I have are
- growl notitification
- play sound
- display name in dock
Thanks,
Tex
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:08 am
by MikeFishcake
Just signed up to ask exactly the same thing... Using Leopard and Adium 1.3.2.
Just to clarify... when I'm already talking to someone, the window doesn't pop up. If someone that I'm not already talking to sends me a message, it does.
Anyone?
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:43 pm
by Tex-Twil
Tex-Twil wrote:Hi,
the conversation windows pops up and gets the focus
I have to crrect myself here. Actually it doesn't steal the focus of another window that I'm using. But still, the new conversation window pops up and its content is visible which is I dont want. I would like to be able to set that a new conversation is "hidden" and only the dock or Growl tells me that I received a message.
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:27 pm
by Robby
Mike and Tex, do you mean it gets focus when Adium is in the foreground or when you are using a different programme?
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:10 pm
by Tex-Twil
What I mean is that the conversation appears on the screen when it is a new conversation and I'd prefer it to be minimized. Ex: I have mothing on my screen but my desktop. When I receive a new message, the new conversation window pops up and remains visible in the middle of the screen. Hence, other people can see what is in the conversation. I would like that this new conversation window doesn't appear at all.
Thx,
tex
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm
by Robby
I see, ok. "Try hiding Adium as a whole (cmd-h)" is the only solution I can offer then.
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:45 pm
by Tex-Twil
Robby wrote:I see, ok. "Try hiding Adium as a whole (cmd-h)" is the only solution I can offer then.
Yes that does the trick
But it would have been nice to be able to configure that.
regards,
Tex
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:49 pm
by Robby
That would mean another preference. Adium has many of them, we don't want to entirely confuse the user.
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:28 pm
by Tex-Twil
Robby wrote:That would mean another preference. Adium has many of them, we don't want to entirely confuse the user.
just one more ... please
I give you the title
"Show new conversation windows minimized"
Re: Adium, don't want focus/pop up on new message window
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:47 pm
by Robby
Heh, I'm no developer but I don't see that coming.