Highlight should not steal focus or at least restore it

[LisBerndt]

Hello!

When patterns are highlighted, the taskbar shows the corresponding java-task (see screenshot). This is somewhat disturbing while, e.g., writing automatically into a console, because the console is no longer focussed.

Is it possible to put the highlighting-task into background completely?

[RaiMan]

as a workaround you might use a function like this

def myHighlight(what, time, app):
    what.highlight(time)
    App.focus(app) # find out what works
    wait(0.3) # might be needed and adjusted

[LisBerndt]

I simply tried to switch off highlighting for some situations by setting the highlight duration to 0. But then highlighting is executed infinitely! --> Though duration is zero, in class Highlight the frame is set visible respectively never being closed.

PS: I realized that setting duration to zero would not solve my problem, because an Highlight object is given back although. Maybe it could be arranged, that Region only creates an Highlight object when duration (i.e. "secs") > 0?

[RaiMan]

... that Region only creates an Highlight object when duration (i.e. "secs") > 0?

Will be available in the 2.0.4 the next days.