Focus

The Focus topic is about giving a client window focus.

The window manager uses sloppy focus, which means that windows underneath the mouse pointer will automatically receive focus as you move the mouse around.

The exception to this is that if the mouse pointer goes over the desktop background the root window will not receive focus - instead the window that last had focus will keep it.

Focus can also be moved around using only keybindings.

The focused window will usually have a brighter border colour.

Functions

Here is a list of functions relating to focus.

Function	Description
focuswin	Allows focusing on clients by left-clicking window titles in the bar
focusdir	Directional focus on clients rather than just up and down the stack
focusmaster	Change focus to the first tiled client on the active workspace
focusmon	Changes which monitor has focus
focusstack	Focus on clients up and down the stack across workspaces
focusurgent	Focus on the first client marked as being urgent
stackfocus	Focus clients at specific positions in the client stack on a workspace
switchcol	Changes focus between the master area and the stack area

Functionality

Here is a list of functionality that is related to focus.

Functionality	Description
FocusFollowMouse	Focus reverts to window beneath the mouse cursor rather than the most recently focused window
FocusOnClick	Disables sloppy focus and requires mouse click to change focus between windows
FocusedOnTop	Allows focused window to stay on top of other windows
FocusOnNetActive	Allow windows demanding attention to receive focus automatically
RestrictFocusstackToMonitor	Option to restrict focusstack to only operate within the monitor
Warp	Warp cursor to currently focused window

Flags

Here is a list of flags that related to focus.

Flag	Description
NoFocusOnNetActive	Disables the FocusOnNetActive functionality for the client
NeverFocus	Indicates that the client should never receive focus

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