Can KWin prevent windows from raising themselves from their v.desktop to the current v.desktop?

[rhkramer at gmail.com]

On Thursday, December 15, 2022 11:20:50 PM Duncan wrote:
> Options:
> 
> * Bring (existing) window to current virtual desktop
> 
> IIRC this is the new default, and seems to be the behavior you're
> describing as unwanted.
> 
> * Switch to that virtual desktop (and raise the existing window there)
> 
> This is what I chose as it makes more sense to me.
> 
> Old and definitely confusing but arguably could-be-useful behavior, now
> missing option:

Definitely useful / preferred behavior for me.  As I'm going through my emails, 
I click on links that I want to read later (usually after getting through some 
portion of my emails).

With my old versions of firefox (still in use) I am not distracted from my 
email reading.

On my most recent installation of (Debian Jesse / Firefox (yes, I know)), when 
I click on a link in an email it immediately switches me to the firefox desktop 
and "raises" that window.   

(Aside: on that machine (not the one I use for most email) I have two firefox 
installations -- one the original with Jessie, another much more recent 
version for web sites that doesn't work with -- as I write this, I don't 
remember which version of firefox has the described behavior -- maybe the newer 
one).

Very distracting / aggravating.

Please keep / restore the old behavior.

As a workaround, I copy the links while I'm reading email on that computer, 
then paste them into Firefox later.

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rhk 

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