wireapp / wireapp/wire-desktop
Linux: Wire Desktop steals the focus from other windows when receiving a chat message
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platform: Linux 🐧
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Wire Version: 2.13.2741
Wire for Web Version: 2017.06.07.1805
OS: Debian SID
Do you have an antivirus software installed: No
What steps will reproduce the problem?
- open wire-desktop
- go to a different window and let someone send you a message
- wire-desktop app gets the focus and whatever you type, you continue to type in the wire chat window. That extremely bad if you are currently typing a password....
What is the expected result?
leave the focus alone.
What happens instead?
wire grabs the focus
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the focus change in wire-desktop on Debian SID using the reported versions, then trace the desktop window behavior when an incoming chat message arrives. Done means the app can receive a message without taking focus from the window currently being used.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, linux, typescript
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100