[xmonad] Question re Layout.MagicFocus

[Anders Engström]

Quote from UpdatePointer source code:
-- | Update the pointer's location to the currently focused
-- window unless it's already there, or unless the user was changing
-- focus with the mouse

It doesn't work because it doesn't update the pointer position if the
change was made with the mouse. May be interesting to add an option in
UpdatePointer for this... But the behaviour would feel a bit strange I
believe. A better option might be to add in MagicFocus so that it
behaves like normal if the change was made with the mouse...

Cheers
Anders Engström

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 17:26, Roman Cheplyaka <roma at ro-che.info> wrote:
> * David Cabana <drcabana at gmail.com> [2009-01-28 19:28:01-0500]
>> I've recently started using Layout.MagicFocus.  It's brilliant, I love
>> it.  But there is just one thing...
>>
>> I still use a mouse, and should the mouse pointer happen to drift out
>> of the master window, all hell breaks loose as the focus repeatedly
>> changes in a wicked loop. Switching layouts will break out of the
>> loop, but it is annoying to have to do so.  I have tried setting
>> focusFollowsMouse to False, with no effect.  Has anyone encountered
>> this problem, or have a solution?
>
> focusFollowsMouse = False works here, are you sure it doesn't help?
> If True, it really loops like you say. And unfortunately even
> updatePointer doesn't help (don't know why yet).
> If there are no other thoughts on subject, we must document that
> MagicFocus is not compatible with focusFollowsMouse.
>
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