Why does Mission Control switch to the Desktop 1 without me issuing a command?

This happens to me constantly. I'll be working and not even touching the keyboard and Mission Control, without me doing ANYTHING switches me to Desktop 1. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

I'm having the same issue. The only thing I can think is that there is something stealing focus back to the main screen. This didn't happen for me prior to upgrading to Mavericks.

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Hi everyone!
It's my first topic here, so please, be kind if I'm not respecting the rules...
Here is my problem :
Today, I'm doing some HTML coding in textwrangler, and testing the pages with safari on a second desktop. I'm opening the pages in safari with a finder window opened in a third desktop. I'm on my macbook pro and i'm switching desktops with the 4 fingers technique. I have placed the desktops in that order :
1) Textwrangler
2) Safari
3) Finder
When i'm using the 4 fingers and go into the finder to look after a page, trying it into safari, the order is changed :
1)Textwrangler
2) Finder
3) Safari
Is anyone encountering something like that with mission control? Do you know how to fix it? I hope you'll be interested in my problem.
Thank you!
Nelson

Thanks a lot, I hadn't seen the options in preferencies... Let me go buying glasses!
Nelson

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My first guess would be that somthing is casuing your keyoard to invoke some keystroke combinations that bring the finder/desktop to the front. Could be a defective keyboard, or could be that moisture somehow got to your keyboard.
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I would like to strongly recommend that you update your version of Flash Player to our currently released version (17.0.0.169) and enable auto updates. The version you are using is insecure and opening your computer (and all of your data) to being easily exploited by bad guys.
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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This could be an issue with a widget in you dashboard or a plugin in safari.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3251015?start=0&tstart=0
this link (the poor chum no one replied to him) https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3251015?start=0&tstart=0 would suggest a safari plugin you may have on. turn off all your extensions in safari>preferences>extensions for a second and restart or just close safari and reopen (restart if this doesn't do anything)
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Dear Lenovo,
I buyed this desktop, and it worked well...BUT!... ->
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