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"focus stealing" ought to be a solved problem by now... (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by xia@lemmy.ca to c/nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.works
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It seems to be, that the rule ought to be:

  • "if the operator's mouse/keyboard event which originally spawned the new window is still the last one generated, then it may grab focus"

In other words, if the user is WAITING on a window to pop up, then it takes focus. But otherwise (such as the user typing in another document) it does NOT take focus.

Of course, in this context, I refer to only key-down and mouse-down events, not passive events like mouse movement.

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I prefer "focus follows mouse". The pointer is my indicator to the computer as to where my attention is. If a window is not under the pointer, it shouldn't have focus.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

depending on type of window management it can appear above another window under your mouse cursor, in which case it stole the focus. imagine you're about to click a download button and instead a window with a delete prompt appears above the button and you confirm that instead. my point is: focus settings alone don't fix this.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Somebody downvoted this statement of a personal preference? wtf.

[–] xia@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder, if there was a "boo" or "not me" button next to the down-vote, maybe it would deflect such action (even if it did nothing but remember it's state).

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently PieFed allows emoji reactions. That might be more appropriate. But a thumbs down would still discourage reasonable comments.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I suspect because of lurch's point that focus can still be stolen, and still cause issue.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe. It's just one of those things that bugs me about social media: downvotes without comments discourage interaction and weaken our community.