Blank spaces in Overview Grid jump to space with Path Finder. Yosemite

TotalSpaces
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I’m using TotalSpaces2 2.2.9, Yosemite 10.10.1, and Path Finder 6.0.10 (1290). I set up different backgrounds and names for all 9 [Total]spaces in a 3x3 grid. One external monitor that’s mirrored to the MBPro laptop.

When I launch Path Finder 6.0.10 (1290), it causes problems navigating TotalSpaces2 that I did not have with the previous version of TotalSpaces (might be ver 1.2.9) under Mountain Lion.

When I slide the mouse into a hotcorner to display the Overview Grid, and I click on ANY empty space, that space is briefly displayed, then it jumps to Space #4 (the space with Path Finder).

If I open the Overview Grid again, and move any window into an empty space, and click on the now-non-empty space, TotalSpaces stays there (like it should).

If I again open Overview Grid and remove the only window in a space (by moving
it elsewhere), then click in the now-empty space, TotalSpaces2 stays there–just once.

If I open Overview Grid again and either:
(1) click back on the same empty space where I am now or
(2) click on another space, then back to the newly-emptied space, it jumps to Space #4 (the one with Path Finder).

If I exit Path Finder, this strange behavior in TotalSpaces stops, so it appears that Path Finder is somehow the culprit. I have also contacted CocoaTech (help@cocoatech.com) about this.

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I read luuk’s posting from May 2014, and I followed the Terminal commands:

  1. defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -boolean NO
  2. killall Dock

That fixed the problem with Path Finder’s interference. Now TotalSpaces2 will stay on a blank space selected from the Overview Grid.

Still, it’s odd that OS X thought Path Finder was doing something that required its attention (and auto-swooshing there). I agree with luuk that this should be an option within TotalSpace2.

–John

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An empty space does normally have Finder as the default app, and presumably path finder takes this role.

For various reasons I have been trying to find a way to prevent apps demanding attention like this, without having to disable the auto-swoosh feature. It is difficult to distinguish between unwanted space changes and wanted ones, for instance from clicking on the dock and using cmd-tab. But I hope to be able to solve this at some point.

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Aha. That explains it, Stephen. I find it especially annoying when, for example, I’m typing something in, and in mid-word, OS X swooshes me over to some other app that’s demanding attention–like a two-year-old vying for my attention.

Unfortunately, when I disabled the Auto-Swoosh, it disabled Command-Tab (App switching). :open_mouth: I can see the different apps, and choose one, but it never goes there. So I think I’ll re-enable it and live with the occasional annoyance. And never leave a window empty.