Questions tagged [window-focus]
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Preventing applications from stealing focus
Are there any solutions to prevent applications stealing focus from the active window?
This is especially annoying when I'm starting an application, switch to do something else and the new ...
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How to Disable Web Page Checks for Focus, or Spoof Focus on Firefox Browser Tabs?
Problem:
Some web sites refuse to load unless the tab is active, whereas most users appreciate tabs loading in the background. This behavior may not be specific to Firefox.
Examples:
https://www....
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Using Alt-Tab moves mouse to centre of newly focused window
I'm getting used to Linux way of giving focus to a window just by hovering over it with the mouse. I've found it's possible to get the same effect in Windows by changing a byte in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...
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How do you enable focus follows mouse in Windows 10
I'd like raise-on-click and sloppy focus-follows-mouse on Windows 10 because this is the setup I've been using on Windows and Linux for years.
Under Windows 10, I tried the regedit Xmouse changes ...
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explorer.exe Window Steals Focus
I've been having intermittent problems with a window stealing focus in Windows 10 Professional. I ran Windows Focus Logger (by Adminscope) and it indicates the Process_name stealing the focus is ...
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Preventing Accidental Clicks on Chrome Picture-in-Picture Window
I'm encountering an issue while gaming where I inadvertently click on the picture-in-picture window, causing disruptions such as moving the window around, pausing the video, or interfering with ...
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VS Code - Need a way to add shortcut key <esc> to close the panel if the panel has focus
Currently in the process of coding MQL4/5 in VSCode because of the awesome extensions. Finding that a few of the (my) most used keyboard shortcuts are actually configurable. Looking for a short answer ...
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Multiple staff Mouse Cursor Losing Focus / Keyboard Dropping while typing
Issue: For months, many in our staff have been dealing with a problem described as:
Where, and When, we are typing- the keyboard drops / mouse cursor loses focus, and we have to actually click back ...
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Windows Click to focus without clicking inside
I'd like to implement functionality such that I can click click anywhere on an unfocused window to focus it without triggering anything inside. I'm not talking about hover / focus-follows-mouse.
Is ...
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KOrganizer: Reminders always in foreground
The reminders of KOrganizer always appear in foreground and steal focus.
I can move them to another monitor but I accidentally close them with Alt+F4 as they steal focus.
How can I configure ...
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How do I tell which app stole my focus in OS X?
The active window on my machine occasionally loses focus. The active app remains the same -- if I was in Chrome before, I'm still in Chrome now -- but the active window is no longer active. No window ...
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Is there a way stop the mouse wheel from changing settings as i scroll a settings window with slider and drop-down UI elements?
I am running Kali Linux with the Xfce desktop environment.
The problem is that when scrolling a window with many settings, the mouse wheel will change any setting that the pointer is over as i scroll.
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Focus-follows-mouse for Google Chrome on macOS?
I am seeking focus-follows-mouse behavior for Google Chrome windows on macOS. The desired behavior is that if there are two browser windows, occupying the left and right halves of the screen, then ...
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Lose focus when spawning process in neovim
I'd like to implement a new workflow for Graphviz in Neovim. Essentially, I want to compile Graphviz and display the results in a live preview using Evince or Zathura. For '.dot' files, I've mapped &...
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Is it possible for Windows to only change focus to another window upon releasing the mouse click?
I would like to know if it is possible for Windows to only change focus upon releasing the mouse click?
For example. I have Chrome full screen, and I download a file. Then I open Windows Explorer and ...
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