Bug report #21835

Plugin update progress dialog steals focus

Added by Johannes Kroeger almost 5 years ago. Updated almost 5 years ago.

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 almost 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 almost 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 almost 5 years ago

That's it! Thanks for describing it better than me. :)

#4 Updated by Borys Jurgiel almost 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.

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