Problem bringing programs to front

[Jonn]

Hello everyone

I'm having issues switching programs on my desktop. When I say "open firefox" it is supposed to bring firefox to the front. It does work sometimes, but often it only start flashing on the title bar. It's not unique to firefox, it's all programs and similarly they all sometimes work and sometimes not.

The command I have been using is: 'other' > 'windows' > 'perform a windows function' "*firefox*"
and I have tried various 'display' properties. No matter which I chose it doesn't consistently bring the program to the front.
It doesn't matter if I have checked the 'set command to target this window' or not either, no difference in behavior.

I'm going mad. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong.

[iceblast]

If your just launching the program, it should go directly to the front. If the program is already open, and you want it to the front to use. I use the SHOW option.

Code: [Select]

Display window '*Mozilla Firefox' as [Show]

If you Minimize to desktop often, then you should use.

Code: [Select]

Display window '*Mozilla Firefox' as [Restore]
Pause 0.5 seconds
Display window '*Mozilla Firefox' as [Show]

Otherwise, you'll just see the program title flashing.

This works for me. Hopefully it will work for you. I use the SHOW command all the time, and it never fails.