How to disable switching to firefox on notification
I enabled switch to tab for google calendar but now I can't get it to stop. I found this https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1272327 and opened the pad lock and removed the switch to tab permission. But it is still doing it. I also tried going into the site settings and permissions and there the "Switch to this tab" is set to the default of Always Ask. I even tried blocking all notifications on the site but it's still switching to it and it gets really annoying.
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Maybe log into your google account and disable calender notification there.
Okay, I see where you enable this permission for the "Alerts" style of notifications:
After that box is checked, the Page Info dialog (Ctrl+i) should show the change and allow changing back:
Does that dialog show "Always ask" for you now (after revoking the permission)?
Note: in Firefox, "Notification" permission refers to "Desktop notifications" that pop up outside of the tab (depending on your OS, they may go to the OS).
I already tried that: I also tried going into the site settings and permissions and there the "Switch to this tab" is set to the default of Always Ask.
When I enable it, it's like the first two images. When I click on the X on the permission, it disappears and then in the page info it is not allowed - the third image.
But it is still doing it. :(
Let me clarify, my problem isn't switching to the calendar tab within firefox window, my problem is switching to the firefox window itself which contains the tab. I am focused in some other window doing work but then when the google calendar "notification" comes, the firefox window gets focused and that is what is annoying me.
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dpiglet02 said
Let me clarify, my problem isn't switching to the calendar tab within firefox window, my problem is switching to the firefox window itself which contains the tab. I am focused in some other window doing work but then when the google calendar "notification" comes, the firefox window gets focused and that is what is annoying me.
Oh. I didn't test that, I was staying in Firefox, either in the same window or a different window. Let me see...
What happens for me is that the Firefox button on the Windows Taskbar pulses orange, but Outlook stays in front. Is this a setting I customized? Let me test in another profile...
No, it didn't switch there either.
I don't know whether there is a Firefox preference for this, or whether it's a Windows/Linux difference (on Windows, Firefox doesn't send alerts to the Windows notification handler), or maybe it's a system setting.