Re: [hackers] [dwm][patch] Stop input focus on pointers unselected monitor

From: Страхиња Радић <contact_AT_strahinja.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:37:08 +0200

On 23/08/17 09:22, Christopher Lang wrote:
> Say you have two tiled monitors: M1 and M2. M1 and M2 each contain a
> single client occupying their full area. M1 is selected, the pointer is
> in M2. If a keybinding is pressed that moves M1's client to M2, then the
> new monitor selected depends on where in M2 the pointer was! (if the
> pointer is over the moved window after the move then the selection
> changes otherwise selection remains on M1).
>
> I have been using dwm with multiple monitors for about a year now and
> have not gotten used to this behaviour.

In X, focus-follows-mouse is a tradition. Having that, it would be expected for
active monitor to follow focus (= mouse pointer).

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