[xmonad] Focus getting stuck on one window

wagnerdm at seas.upenn.edu wagnerdm at seas.upenn.edu
Tue Feb 22 21:33:48 CET 2011


If you're using unclutter, have you seen this FAQ?

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions#XMonad_stops_responding_to_keys_.28usually_due_to_unclutter.29

~d

Quoting Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu>:

> Ben Butler-Cole <ben at bridesmere.com> writes:
>
>> On 22 February 2011 10:57, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:
>>
>>> Ben Butler-Cole <ben at bridesmere.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I have not seen this problem since turning off focusFollowsMouse  
>>>> a week ago.
>>>>
>>>> One other (possibly relevant) item for tracking this down: I have
>>>> unclutter running.
>>>
>>> That will be it!  I'm running unclutter as well.  And if I keep the
>>> mouse moving while starting Pidgin, I can perfectly well switch focus
>>> between its windows.  But after leaving the mouse idle for a while, the
>>> focus sticks as soon as unclutter hides the cursor.
>>
>> I suppose that would be this:
>> http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2007-August/001938.html
>
> Maybe, but not directly, as I purposedly kept the cursor well off the
> window borders during the above experiment.
> --
> Cheers,
> Feri.
>
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