From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/6/25 1:31 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   > On 08/08/2025 12:58, Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   >> Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   >>> On 06/08/2025 10:20, Davey wrote:   
   >>>> [...]  what really annoys me is that you   
   >>>> can be doing something like entering a remembered password, and the   
   >>>> pop-up box comes up mid-entry and just stops your memorised password   
   >>>> dead. You have to then: a. Check to see what the damn box is   
   >>>> telling you; b. delete said box; c. Clear the partially entered   
   >>>> password and enter it from scratch.   
   >>>> Grrrr.   
   >>>   
   >>> What he said!!   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> What steals your focus? A notification? If so I hadn't notice.   
   >   
   > Just happened again. It was a "do you want to upgrade lots of programs   
   > you never use? It's no bother, honestly". I was typing when the keyboard   
   > stopped responding for no apparent reason, and was 7 or 8 chars in   
   > before I noticed. If it wants to talk to me, fine, but it shouldn't grab   
   > my lapels for something trivial or non-urgent. A news-style scrolling   
   > marquee would do it, and on a window I can hide.   
   >   
   >> If you   
   >> want something that steals you focus, try this $%%$##S Windows 11,   
   >> distraction galore!   
   >   
   > Um, quite so. Having Windowed from 2 to 7 or so, I eventually just   
   > stopped bothering.   
   >   
      
   Which version of Ubuntu are you on? I am using 24.04, and just logged   
   into my ThinkPad and while I was working the upgrade popup did appear   
   and on top, but still did not steal my focus. Yes still annoying.   
   However in earlier versions you can disable that popup in Settings >   
   Notifications > Software Updater. But it looks like it is missing on   
   both my laptops running 24.04. It appears Canonical made a change in   
   24.04. I am looking for where they moved the setting to, because I do   
   not mind if a notification toast occurred, but a popup dialog is   
   distracting. But as I said, at least in my experience is does steal   
   focus. I am looking is there is some dconf teak or some GNOME extension   
   that would work. Maybe even some systemd service edit.   
      
   HTH   
      
      
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