Bug report #21835
Plugin update progress dialog steals focus
| Status: | Open | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: |  Borys Jurgiel | ||
| Category: | Plugin Manager | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 3.7(master) | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Easy fix?: | No | |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 29650 |
Description
Have your Desktop Environment/Window Manager set up to not give focus to new windows
Run QGIS
Open the plugin manager
Install/Update multiple plugins at once
The dialog that pops up to show download progress will steal focus from the user if they switched to a different window in the meantime
This just made me cancel (or worse?) a plugin update because I was typing in another window and the dialog stole focus
History
#1
Updated by Alessandro Pasotti over 5 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
I don't understand: that's what modal dialogs do.
What is the expected behavior?
#2
Updated by Borys Jurgiel over 5 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Open
I got it. If you run "upgrade all upgradable plugins", for each of them a new modal modal window will be opened and closed.
So you run the upgrades, switch to another application, and don't expect QGIS will start popping up again and again.
#3
Updated by Johannes Kroeger over 5 years ago
That's it! Thanks for describing it better than me. :)
#4
Updated by Borys Jurgiel over 5 years ago
Unfortunately personally I have no time resources to improve this behaviour in the nearest future, but I'll keep it in mind. In a long-term solution I guess there will be no modal windows and installing/uninstalling/upgrading will be moved to background and the task manager.