Pesky "Copy File(s) Progress" dialogs

[Meerschwein]

On Monday 05 June 2006 17:11, Bastian Kleineidam wrote:  
> The annoying part is - these little windows pop up, even if I switch to
> the next virtual workspace, and they grab the input focus. So as long as
> the IMDB update is running, I can't work at all with those pesky dialogs
> grabbing focus all the time.

There's a workaround for KDE that won't help you much since you're using 
WindowMaker, but anyway: In KDE Control Center there is an option for 
focus stealing prevention in LookNFeel -> Window Behaviour, then second 
tab from the right.