On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 20:48 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote:
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> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan@gmail.com> wrote:
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>         On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:00 -0400, Matt Morgan wrote:
>         > My 18 month-old was playing with the computer for a while,
>         and now new
>         > windows are opening in the background.
>         >
>         > This is on Fedora 9. I googled this and searched the list,
>         but can't
>         > find any help. I'm not using the fancy new desktop stuff
>         (compiz,
>         > desktop-effects, whatever we call it). Any suggestions?
>
>
>         The answer may depend on what desktop are you using, which you
>         don't
>         state.
>
>         poc
>
> Gnome. Thanks. More info: If I click on the window in the window list,
> the window gets focus, but does not come to the foreground. Only
> clicking on the window brings it to the foreground.
>
This behavior can be changed through: System->Preferences->Look and
Feel->Windows

I checked there but don't see a setting for this. I see

Select Windows when the mouse moves over them