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How can I prevent new window focus from overriding cursor focus? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For instance, if I'm opening a handful of apps that take a bit of time to start up, and then start dragging windows around to set up my workspace, each time an app finishes loading or a new window is created, I'll be yanked out of my dragging and forced into focus on that window.

I need a way to prevent these windows/apps from automatically seizing focus, it's REALLY fucking annoying. Steam especially will hog focus 3 or more fucking times in its startup process. This is such a stupid default function.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You want X-Mouse Controls I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This does pretty much exactly what it should, and I like that it's just a set-and-forget, one-time-run thing. I don't know if this is just Steam, but Steam specifically is still pretty pervasive about yanking all focus away from whatever I'm doing multiple times in a row.

I tested by slowly dragging a window around on my second screen while Steam opened up on my first. Sure enough, three times my cursor just slipped off as the window came to a grinding halt and forced me to start the click-and-drag again, just to kick me off again until Steam was satisfied its presence was thoroughly announced.

I know this whole thing sounds like such a petty gripe, but words can't describe how absolutely aggravating this is when it happens regularly. If I ever worked with someone who behaved like this, I'd be going hands-on in no time and making sure they never come within eye-sight of me again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's not a petty gripe when your workflow gets ruined by bullshit.

Like why does the taskbar need to let me know an application has been launched, bitch I JUST clicked on it, I know it's launching. (Sigh) .

I spend more time undoing 'autoformatting' than I ever did at formatting.