Turn off bring into focus mode

Thanks David,

I'll play around with the double click speed to see if it helps.

I"m using a new laptop with a touchpad and this new function is driving me nuts! I created a ticket with Corel draw several days ago but typically haven't received a response. 

Power users get problems when the software doesn't behave the way it should do.
In this particular case it can be blamed on a new feature that hasn't yet been fine tuned to reach its full potential.

As long as the software works the way it should do, these power users, who take advantage of a customizable workspace and helpful macros and tricks, will run in circles around any "average user".
Unfortunately though, Draw has still too many UI- and stability bugs that tend to slow them/us down.

So who are you to say how it should work? You lease the software not own it. 

You modify your system and when Corel adds a new feature to Draw it conflicts. 

That's not a power users it's a typical CorelDRAW user.  As someone who was actually paid to do time studies on productivity I beg to differ.

Macros are only useful for repeated tasks, especially output tasks if they repeat many time a year. Unfortunately many Draw users don't understand that.  

Customized work spaces have a limt, unfortunately time saving due to customizations are more often than not imagined, an unfortunate malady of small to very small companies. 

For a few reasons heavily customized work spaces in most cases cost more in time then they save. The biggest problem with customized work spaces is sharing work stations between users, in some cases due to extreme and bizarre customizations by extreme and bizarre users, (there are no shortage of the with Draw users), instability, excessive need for IT support.

True cost is the time to create the work space, lost time to regularly maintain the space, transferring the space during upgrades. Lost time acclimating another user to a work station. 

The cost of IT support for a CorelDRAW user who is extreme and bizarre is so high it's cheaper to fire them and put in Adobe CC. I've seen it many times. 

Respectfully David, who are you to say how WE SHOULD WORK?

We're not asking to remove the feature. It appeared for a reason. Most likely some users must have required it. IMO, this feature is painful and a nuisance. I only wish to have the opportunity to turn it ON or OFF. It's a PLUS, No?

What's more? In this 2023 version, many vector objects, who used to be grouped, after deleting all objects but one, this left object still appears grouped (bug). We don't always notice until double clicking on the darn thing, then the damn FOCUS MODE pops in!! I want to be able to tweak my objects and switch to others without having to open and close the focus mode every darn time!

Creating our own workspace is worth the time spent. I might consider myself a 'poweruser', like Ronny mentions. I'm used to my tools, I know where they are and with a simple click, they are easy to reach, instead of browsing through the drop down menus, options dialog box, etc...

I'm not telling you how to work, if you're happy continue. 

I can tell you that controlled time studies over a period of 1 and 2 work days have in general work proven that custom workspaces do not improve work output. There are efficiencies in repeated simplistic tasks. Due to stability issues custom workspaces are in general have a negative affect on productivity. 

I can also tell you that in the decades that I've been on this and the previous forum custom workspaces are 1 if not the most often causes of Draw problems. 

After nearly 30 years of consistent bas performance haven't we learned?

I've head that continuing the same behavior and expecting different results is a definition of insanity!

With complex files I always single click an object first, then you'll know if it's grouped, double clicking by accident is just sloppy.

I'm doing testing today on the group of 1. I suspect this is the user not understanding how the program works but I need to work through it first.

When you make a group the program tags all items in the group as part of a group. As Ibread your complaints when you ungroup depending on the process the last object in the group is left still tagged as part of a group. 

Corel I believe resolved that originally with the ungroup all command. I have to test this in detail.

Customization in CorelDRAW is a crap shoot, at best, at worst it has been the source of huge amounts of time.

Problems with customization have been notorious since forever and are not any better now. For many it's a fools errand.

I am unable to replicate the group legacy bug. 

Please provide instructions so I can test.

There were so many issues with 2019 one cannot remember them all. I quit testing with 2019 as it was costing me a fortune. 

Tell me, how you replicate the bug. With my methods of using groups it does not happen.