Firefox jump to other workspace in XFCE
I haven’t notice when this bug occurs. When I try to click a link in Pidgin (formerly known as Gaim), Firefox window jump to active workspace. Or when I run Firefox which I set to start in workspace 2 with devilspie, it will jump to active workspace too.
After searching the web, I found a solution here. There is a hidden option available in XFCE 4.4.1 called ActivateAction. Following the solution there, I managed to keep Firefox in its workspace. Here is the solution:
Edit ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/wmtweaks.xml
<option name="Xfwm/ActivateAction" type="string" value="none"/>
One more problem solved 
Thanks. That solved the problem for me perfectly!
lex
February 24, 2008 at 10:08 am
let me know what version of firefox did you use …
wie
February 29, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Firefox 2.0.0.11 after upgrade to 2.0.0.12 the workaround still working.
bagus
February 29, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Thanks a lot! I am googling for the solution for 3 month.
d43m0n
June 7, 2008 at 3:56 pm
value=”none” didn’t work for me, but value=”0″ did work. Maybe it’s obvious to try “0″ if “none” doesn’t work though…
Anyway thanks
wyrd
December 24, 2008 at 9:35 pm
For Xfce-4.6 you need
Wicher Minnaard
May 8, 2009 at 10:39 pm
well i am kind of new to linux,the firefox dpesn work on my XFCE, it does not open at all- but when i click the firefox icon again an error window appears what should i do…. pls reply
Mandeep
June 24, 2009 at 7:03 pm
try running it via terminal
from XFCE menu choose Terminal, type firefox and enter
bagus
August 7, 2009 at 2:22 pm