Unfortunately I have tried that solution that you describe here right up to extreme, it does not solve the desktop swapping issue.
I've tried it again, after your suggestion (hoping the problem has gone away in fedora 7), however when firefox pops up a download box the system flips to that desktop, no matter what I'm doing, absolutely a pain when you're in the process of editing tekst
or doing other work that requires concentration..
I know I can just run one task at a time, but that is the reason I'm running linux, and multiple (12) desktops, as I always have many tasks running, This desktop switching issue never used to happen, but I've had the problem at least since Fedora core 5.
I have even deleted the firefox bit under window-specific settings.
There appears to be no settings to prevent automatic desktop swapping.
If anyone has a solution, I'd be thrilled.
thanks.
regards
Michael Nielsen.