On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 07:49:02PM -0600, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 01/11/2015 04:19 PM, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > >On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 21:02 -0600, Robert Nichols wrote: > >>I presume you're talking about panels with "Autohide" set. If you have > >>the GUI gconf-editor installed, it's under apps/panel/global/panel_show_delay. > >>You can also set it from the command line: > >> > >> gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/panel/global/panel_show_delay 500 > >> > >>(The default is 300, unit is milliseconds). > > > >Thanks! My terminalogy was likely not correct. I was refering to the ... > >"windows" for applications, which I've been calling "panels" (because > >they are within my virtual windows). > > Oh. I've always kept auto-raise turned off. I frequently have multiple > overlapping windows open, and sometimes raising the one I'm typing into > would hide something I need to see. (Yes, the part I'm typing into is > visible.) I've traditionally done that, too. but 2 or 3 years ago I decided to try it, with a 1 second delay, and found I (mostly) like it. Odd. <snip> -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------