Parallels Stealing Focus, Switching Spaces

I think if we could get status updates on this issue it would go a long way towards making people feel better about it. This is a very annoying problem for me--so annoying that, like some of the other posters, I would jump to a competing product right now if I thought it would solve the problem.
 
I only see this happen when it first starts up if I am on a different space then the one I have picked for Parallels.

For example, in the Spaces preferences, I have picked space 2 for Parallels to run. If I am in another space (1 for example) and launch Parallels, Spaces will jump between space 1 and 2 4-5 times. Then, when I try to click in the Parallels window to "select" one of my two images to boot, it will automatically jump back to space 1 then back to space 2 and nothing has been chosen. I usually have to grab the top of the Parallels window, move it around in space 2 for a few section to make everything calm down again. I have also seen this happen when I shut down a Windows machine in Parallels but it isn't as frequent.

Of course, other applications do not do this. If I launch iTunes (for example) from space 1, I jump to space 4 and then stay on space 4 until *I* change the space.

I have a Mac Pro running 10.5.5 with Parallels 5608. If you need any more info, please let me know.
 
Any Updates Yet

Hi John, et al -

Parallels has just started doing this focus-stealing for me, too. So add me to the list of folks ever so slightly annoyed by it. So much so that I leave the VM shut down unless I really need it. When I'm done using it, I turn the VM back off.

Anyway, it's been over a month and a half since your last update on this thread. Is there any progress on a fix? Are you guys trying to roll it into a new version with a bunch of other things (which will obv. take a little longer), or just adding it to a one-off patch? Hopefully it's the latter...

Thanks!

jas
 
John@Parallels said:
Let me clarify, in any case we have at least one application (in addition to Finder running)
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When you say application running, do you mean a Windows app within the VM? Or do you mean another OS X app running on the machine? When I said "no applications", I mean no Windows apps running.

jas
 
use full-screen parallels rather than coherence

i've only experienced the focus stealing when running MS outlook in coherence. note that i only really run parallels for outlook so not sure about other apps but notice that outlook constantly does this when running parallels in coherence.

as soon as i run in full screen mode i have no issues.

doesn't look like a solution is coming soon at the rate parallels are going.
 
pendolino said:
as soon as i run in full screen mode i have no issues.
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Right. Coherence seems to be the problem here, not any particular applications per se. I can have Windows running with no applications (I'm not talking about services. I'm talking user-initiated applications) and it'll still steal focus. Switching to full screen solves the problem. But, that's not really an adequate solution IMHO.

jas
 
John, et al at Parallels -

John@Parallels said:
Yep, it is what we are actually doing :)
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I realize that P4.0 is the new hotness right now, but it's not ready for prime time, and I can't use it. So, I need to continue using P3.0. I want to make sure that this bug is still being worked on for 3.0. Are you expecting a patch/revision release to help fix this?

Thanks.

jas
 
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