On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:18:29 -0400 "Karen Tucker" <tuckerfamily at cfl.rr.com> wrote: > I use Pidgin 2.7.2 The current version of Pidgin is 2.9.0, I would strongly suggest that you upgrade and then test whether your focus problem still occurs. 2.7.2 is very old and is no longer supported. -- Brian Morrison