Like if I got libreoffice open and active on the left of my screen and safari open on the right then go from my active window being libreoffice to now safari where the browser is on lemmy.world and I go and click the search icon it doesn’t automatically recognize that I hit the search icon or any post on a single click. Instead it activates that window requiring me to click again. Essentially turning it into a two part process of double clicking or alt + Command then click. Same for if I go to YouTube.com then go to another opened program then move the cursor over to click the search input field for the first time or click a video.

But, then if I go from an active window like LibreOffice straight to the address bar that’s just one click required of me which made it apparent this is a program issue/decision, since some programs don’t require that click to focus then click again to recognize user inputs but instead initiates them the first time.

Would be nice if this type of behavior could be adjusted system wide, since when it happens it makes things feel unresponsive with actions not being accept the first time. I’m guessing this might be a remnant of when side by side or multiple monitor multitasking wasn’t as widespread, and more switching between programs that are taking the entire focus of the screen?

  • ImaginaryFoxOP
    2•1 year ago

    I posted on the firefox community too hoping someone has a solution whether it is about:config or an addon to change the behavior, since the active interaction requirement doesn’t apply to the address bar. So at least changing the behavior of Firefox would be huge, since returning to the browser is such a huge part of my multitasking.

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 year ago

      Please post if someone replies with a valid method (about:config, hopefully). Cheers & enjoy the rest of your day.

      • ImaginaryFoxOP
        2•1 year ago

        No responses but did find this thread that’s gone years back.

        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/98310/focus-follows-mouse-plus-auto-raise-on-mac-os-x

        Haven’t tried it yet, but solution someone posted there was

        I’ve been coming back to this question periodically for about 10 years and I finally found a simple solution: AutoRaise https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise

        By default it enables focus-follows-mouse AND autoraise. You can delay the autoraise with a config option.

        It also has what they call “warp” function that centers the mouse pointer in a window when you Command-Tab to the window. I never knew I needed this until I tried it, but once I tried it, I can’t live without it!

        There is also a fork I found through Macports
        https://github.com/lhaeger/AutoRaise

        While AutoRaise is concerned with GUI window and mouse behaviour, as a command line application it lacks a GUI itself.

        Here’s where the Launcher app bundle comes into play: a menubar application that allows to control and configure the AutoRaise binary. A mouse click on it’s menubar icon will start/stop AutoRaise, preferences can be configured from it’s context menu and will be saved between sessions.

        Current issue seems to be that it doesn’t work on MacOS 14 yet, which I’m not on.

        • @[email protected]
          1•1 year ago

          Ooo… thanks!

          The only window management software I run is Windowmizer, which both shows my age and disdain for Job’s design prejudices. I used Unsanity’s haxie before that.

          My main’s on X.13.06, so that won’t be an issue, will give them a whirl. 👍🏻

          Again, thanks for the info!