Active Window suddenly drops to background

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Active Window suddenly drops to background

Besides not being able to switch to an application window on clicking on the application in the dock, (see previous post) i've also had a concurrent issue that seems to make the active window suddently go right to the back window, this seems to be happening in multiple applications - i can be writing an email, and suddenly the window dissapears to the back of the desktop and i have to go find it and make it active again. The only way that i can stop this from distracting and stopping me from working, is not to have any other windows open!!.

In Safari, if i click on any of the buttons (like bookmarks, top site etc) that also makes the window suddently go back, and i have to find the window again to make it active. its VERY frustrating and making me very unproductive. has anyone else had this problem? does anyone know a solution on how i can fix this?

i've don repair permissions, i've restarted the machine, i've done FSCK but the problem still persists - cna't wait for the lion update and hope they also give the option of the old Spaces and Expose!

thanks in Advance.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), 3.4Ghz i7 256SSD + 1TB HD

Posted on Aug 3, 2011 11:54 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 5, 2011 3:28 PM in response to macbuzzz

I am getting the same issues. Just started today on MBP i7 2.66Ghz with 8MB ram.

Driving me nuts!

I thought it was only Safari, but it also happened in Chrome, iCal, MS word and Mail so far.

HELP!

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Answer 2

Oct 5, 2011 4:29 PM in response to macbuzzz

What do you mean by "the window goes back" exactly?

Does it become hidden, as if you press [Command-H}, or,

does it end up minimized, as if when pressing [Command-M]?

That seems like rather odd behaviour for sure; all I can think of is perhaps there is some sort of mixup in the Preferences for keyboard and/or mice shortcuts that are getting accidentally activated somehow.

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Answer 3

Oct 5, 2011 5:24 PM in response to François J. Perreault

Thank you Francois,

It is most closely resembling [Command+H]. but the window still appears, with all other open windows appearing in front of it.

It seemed to be intermitent for me. I closed all apps, and restarted, un-selecting "Re-open windows when logging back in."

For the moment it appears to be stable again, and this has happened before, so will keep you posted. Is there a dump or some other function I should do next time it is happening?

Macbuzzz, are you still experiencing this issue?

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Answer 4

Oct 6, 2011 10:06 AM in response to Brendan_Byrne

If you go to System Preferences, General, and look at: "Double-click a window's title bar to minimize"

Is it activated? What if you toggle it?

Also, have you installed a mouse driver or utility, like one which might allow for enabling custom behaviour, where normal actions or buttons are modified or enhanced?

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