i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:30:20 +0000New created windows steal focus, how to keep focus on active?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/This scenario happens on mostly system startup, where autostart launches like 10 apps in parallel. Let's say I'd like to close some immediately with mod4-shift-c. Problem is that at any given point some other window might pop up, steal focus and receive mod4-shift-c instead of the window I intended it for. How to solve this? Not seeing an applicable setting in docs.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:52:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/Comment by lkraav for <p>This scenario happens on mostly system startup, where autostart launches like 10 apps in parallel. Let's say I'd like to close some immediately with mod4-shift-c. Problem is that at any given point some other window might pop up, steal focus and receive mod4-shift-c instead of the window I intended it for.</p> <p>How to solve this? Not seeing an applicable setting in docs.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?comment=693#comment-693O think this might be a duplicate of http://faq.i3wm.org/question/464/prevent-new-windowspopups-from-stealing-focus/Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:18:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?comment=693#comment-693Answer by Michael for <p>This scenario happens on mostly system startup, where autostart launches like 10 apps in parallel. Let's say I'd like to close some immediately with mod4-shift-c. Problem is that at any given point some other window might pop up, steal focus and receive mod4-shift-c instead of the window I intended it for.</p> <p>How to solve this? Not seeing an applicable setting in docs.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?answer=691#post-id-691You can’t currently. Also note that if i3 wouldn’t focus these windows, they could steal focus themselves (and some do) — that’s an unsolvable X11 problem.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:21:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?answer=691#post-id-691Comment by nh2 for <p>You can’t currently. Also note that if i3 wouldn’t focus these windows, they could steal focus themselves (and some do) — that’s an unsolvable X11 problem.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?comment=2441#comment-2441I made a small code change that works for me: http://pastebin.com/7wC7w6sZ. I'm fine with applications still being able to rip focus from me if they really want to, but this will at least prevent me from typing my password in a wrong window when it something pops up (often). An option would be nice!Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:30:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?comment=2441#comment-2441Comment by sergej for <p>You can’t currently. Also note that if i3 wouldn’t focus these windows, they could steal focus themselves (and some do) — that’s an unsolvable X11 problem.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?comment=2103#comment-2103I see that popup windows don't steal focus under Ubuntu Unity. So IntelliJ Idea is working perfectly. Why i3wm can't perform like Unity in such case? (My original question was https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2097/how-to-prevent-popup-window-focus-steal/)Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:35:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/690/new-created-windows-steal-focus-how-to-keep-focus-on-active/?comment=2103#comment-2103