https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:24:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/Hello, Since 4.4 (or 4.5) when I open a link, the browser automatically gets the focus. How revert this behavior (keep the focus on the current windows)?Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:27:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/?answer=2023#post-id-2023Commit fa4894f added this feature because some programs want to get focused. The only way to revert this is to edit the code and remove handling of \_NET\_ACTIVE\_WINDOW event. If the main developer (micheal) agree then I can implement a boolean option for it in the config file.Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:10:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/?answer=2023#post-id-2023https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/?comment=2082#comment-2082Ok, i3 have a right behaviour, this is firefox that steal the focus when I open an URL. The parameter *browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground* fix this problem.Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:24:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/?comment=2082#comment-2082https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/?comment=2024#comment-2024We want to address this in a broader scope. There are other places in i3 where focus gets set (managing a new window) and that should be affected by such a setting, too. Also, it might be worthwhile to make that per-window.Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:14:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2020/disable-focus-on-open/?comment=2024#comment-2024