Stealing the focus from another window is very annoying and I can't think of a good reason to do it. Besides it being annoying for suddenly interrupting you, it can also lead to accidentally pressing a dialog button or accidentally dismissing something.
An example in TC is queue copying (F2); when it requests interaction, it pops up a dialog box over the main TC window or any other program in focus. The "regular" copy operation does that too, except for "Disk is full!" messages where it only "flashes" the TC button in the taskbar (some inconsistent behavior there).
I think flashing/blinking the TC button in the taskbar is the best alternative. But anything is better than stealing focus, even Windows notifications.
An example in TC is queue copying (F2); when it requests interaction, it pops up a dialog box over the main TC window or any other program in focus. The "regular" copy operation does that too, except for "Disk is full!" messages where it only "flashes" the TC button in the taskbar (some inconsistent behavior there).
I think flashing/blinking the TC button in the taskbar is the best alternative. But anything is better than stealing focus, even Windows notifications.
Statistics: Posted by chea — 2024-09-19, 12:40 UTC