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Problem with Firefox and Spaces...

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some help again. I'm using Spaces on my Mac (2x2 grid) and I have this problem with Firefox. So I have Firefox set to open in Space 1, and iTunes in Space 3. So, if I Command+Tab to Firefox from iTunes or if I just click the Firefox icon in my dock to switch to it, it switches to the appropriate space, but the Firefox window does not take "focus" (i.e. I have to click on the window again AFTER having already switched to the program in order to start doing anything. If I'm using Safari (or any other program really) and I switch to Safari from iTunes, the Safari window will take focus, but for some reason Firefox does not. Does anyone have any idea on how I can fix this? Any help is appreciated, and I hope I articulated my problem well (if not please ask a clarifying question and I can try and explain better).
 
I just tried it out and the firefox window does NOT focus either. I don't know if I can help you fix it but atleast you know you're not the only one.
 
I've noticed this problem too, though I haven't come up with a solution. I've gotten into the habit of hitting command-~ when I switch to Firefox via command-tab, which will give the browser window focus. At first it was annoying, but now I do it so automatically I don't think about it.
 
similar firefox spaces issue

Not sure what you mean when you say focus, but I have a similar issue. When I click out of a Firefox window and then work in an application in another space, I can't get my Firefox windows to show up. This is a recent issue since updating to Firefox 3.6.

The windows tab shows all the windows I have opened, but I can't see them. When I quit Firefox, the alert message asking if I was to save my tabs appears way up in the lefthand corner, with half of it invisible off the screen.

If I turn off spaces I don't have this problem. But I like using spaces. This is annoying.

I'm going to try assigning Firefox to Space #1 and stead of space #2(I use 3 x 2 layout), and see if that helps. I'm thinking Firefox is aligning it's windows somewhere in between spaces????
 
Is Firefox the only application running in that Space when this happens?

If so, are you sure it was the active application (instead of Finder) when you left that Space last time?
 
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