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Re: master 127ab231be 1/2: Attempt to clarify Input Focus documentation


From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: Re: master 127ab231be 1/2: Attempt to clarify Input Focus documentation
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:53:08 +0000


The focus-follows-mouse policy is indeed superior for advanced users, but I think it must be admitted that it isn't appropriate for regular users. It breaks the "desk" mental model, with which you always act on the topmost element, which is the one that is fully visible. With the focus-follows-mouse policy you can act on any element that is partly visible, but that means that you can e.g. type on the keyboard without seeing any visible effect on the screen.

Though this is the raise-on-focus option, which is independent from focus-follows-mouse vs. click-to-focus.


It depends on how you look at it, I guess. I would rather present it as a sub-option:

1. click-to-focus (default behavior on Windows and macOS)

2. focus-follows-mouse (traditional behavior on X11)

2.1. raise-on-click (default)

2.2. raise-on-focus



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