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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:57:36 +0000Clicking a window doesn't move focushttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/Hi newb here, Loving i3. Currently using a triple monitor setup at home. Common usage is monitor 1 -> firefox, 2 -> emacs, 3 -> terminal Although i have set focus_follows_mouse no When I click on the terminal after leaving a window the terminal doesn't receive keyboard focus (or even appear to have focus at all, it is still dimmed) and typing continues in emacs or firefox or wherever it was. The exact same problem occurs whichever window I am going from or to. My habit has become to reload my config because for the first click focus is achieved as expected. This is particularly annoying when a popup window needs to be cleared and I have to reload the config and then goto the mouse and ... Moving focus using $mod + 1 etc works as expected. Please help and advise where this question falls short and I will try to improve it by adding detail, clarity where requested etc. Thank-you.Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:02:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/Comment by airblader for Hi newb here, Loving i3. Currently using a triple monitor setup at home. Common usage is monitor 1 -> firefox, 2 -> emacs, 3 -> terminal Although i have set <pre><code>focus_follows_mouse no </code></pre> When I click on the terminal after leaving a window the terminal doesn't receive keyboard focus (or even appear to have focus at all, it is still dimmed) and typing continues in emacs or firefox or wherever it was. The exact same problem occurs whichever window I am going from or to. My habit has become to reload my config because for the first click focus is achieved as expected. This is particularly annoying when a popup window needs to be cleared and I have to reload the config and then goto the mouse and ... Moving focus using $mod + 1 etc works as expected. Please help and advise where this question falls short and I will try to improve it by adding detail, clarity where requested etc. Thank-you. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/?comment=5897#comment-5897Can you please report this as a bug on github? Don't forget a log file (best would be to restart i3 right before clicking on a window once and typing a little and then take the log right away, that way the file stays small). Also make sure you're on the latest version of i3.Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:57:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/?comment=5897#comment-5897Comment by bluekeys for Hi newb here, Loving i3. Currently using a triple monitor setup at home. Common usage is monitor 1 -> firefox, 2 -> emacs, 3 -> terminal Although i have set <pre><code>focus_follows_mouse no </code></pre> When I click on the terminal after leaving a window the terminal doesn't receive keyboard focus (or even appear to have focus at all, it is still dimmed) and typing continues in emacs or firefox or wherever it was. The exact same problem occurs whichever window I am going from or to. My habit has become to reload my config because for the first click focus is achieved as expected. This is particularly annoying when a popup window needs to be cleared and I have to reload the config and then goto the mouse and ... Moving focus using $mod + 1 etc works as expected. Please help and advise where this question falls short and I will try to improve it by adding detail, clarity where requested etc. Thank-you. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/?comment=5896#comment-5896No. The documentation shows that when set to no the focus should follow the click but not movement Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:29:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/?comment=5896#comment-5896Comment by airblader for Hi newb here, Loving i3. Currently using a triple monitor setup at home. Common usage is monitor 1 -> firefox, 2 -> emacs, 3 -> terminal Although i have set <pre><code>focus_follows_mouse no </code></pre> When I click on the terminal after leaving a window the terminal doesn't receive keyboard focus (or even appear to have focus at all, it is still dimmed) and typing continues in emacs or firefox or wherever it was. The exact same problem occurs whichever window I am going from or to. My habit has become to reload my config because for the first click focus is achieved as expected. This is particularly annoying when a popup window needs to be cleared and I have to reload the config and then goto the mouse and ... Moving focus using $mod + 1 etc works as expected. Please help and advise where this question falls short and I will try to improve it by adding detail, clarity where requested etc. Thank-you. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/?comment=5895#comment-5895Sounds like you actually want `focus_follows_mouse yes`?Sat, 25 Apr 2015 21:39:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5894/clicking-a-window-doesnt-move-focus/?comment=5895#comment-5895