Losing Focus

[Joecoastie]

Is there any way to mitigate or stop Win7 from losing focus on a page/screen ? I've read somewhere that this is something that can't be entirely done away with.

Tends to pi$$ me off when I'm flying along and go to reverse props, deploy spoilers or do something requiring a keyboard input and nothing happens. Then have to grab the mouse and click on the screen to get the focus back to the sim.

And it's not just with flight sim it's every thing. I've had to get the focus back twice while just typing this ! !

Anyone have suggestions ?

[clickclickdoh]

Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Using Tweak UI to prevent programs from stealing focus usually takes less than 15 minutes.
Here's How:
1. Download Tweak UI from Microsoft. Scroll down the page and look for it on the right-hand side. Be sure to download the program to a location where you can easily find it, like your Desktop.
Note: Tweak UI is freely available software provided by Microsoft. Tweak UI is used to make a number of changes to your system that would otherwise require edits to the registry.
2. Double-click the downloaded file to install it. Follow the instructions provided during installation.
3. Navigate to Start, then All Programs (or Programs), then to the Powertoys for Windows XP folder.
4. Click on the Tweak UI shortcut.
5. In the Tweak UI program, click the + next to General on the left.
6. Click on Focus.
7. On the right, check the Prevent applications from stealing focus checkbox and then click the OK button.
8. From this point forward, programs should no longer steal the focus from the window that you're currently working in.

[Joecoastie]

Thanks.. I'll certainly give it a go.