Moving window to second monitor, focus remains on first

[vlachoudis]

Welcome

• Yes, I'm using the latest major release or the current development version. These are the only supported versions.
• Yes, I've searched similar issues and discussions on GitHub and didn't find any.

Current Behavior

When I move with the keyboard ($mod+right) the focused window from one monitor to another, the window moves (as expected), however the window loses its focus, and the focus stays on the original monitor on another window if any.

This only happens if the original monitor has more than one windows.
If there is only one window, then the focus correctly moves with the moved window.

Expected Behavior

One would expect that the when a window is moved it always retains the focus, as it happens when the window doesn't change monitor.

Reproduction Instructions

1. use a dual or more screen setup
2. open two windows on the first monitor and two windows on the second monitor
3. with the keyboard move one window ($mod+right or left not the combination to change workspace) from monitor A to monitor B
4. when it changes the window the focus is lost

i3 version

Binary i3 version:  4.23 (2023-10-29) © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
Running i3 version: 4.23 (2023-10-29) (pid 3348)
Loaded i3 config:
  /home/bnv/.config/i3/config (main) (last modified: Thu 11 Apr 2024 19:20:51, 3620228 seconds ago)
  /home/bnv/etc/linux/i3/vasilis-laptop.conf (included) (last modified: Wed 20 Mar 2024 08:16:17, 5557302 seconds ago)

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Config file

using the default config

Linux distribution & Version

LUbuntu 24.04

Are you using a compositor?

I am sure I don't run any compositor

Logfile

No response

[i3bot]

I don’t see a link to logs.i3wm.org. Did you follow https://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.html? (In case you actually provided a link to a logfile, please ignore me.)

[orestisfl]

I swear we fixed this before 😅 #4604

[orestisfl]

@vlachoudis just to confirm my own experience, does a restart fix it for you? I was able to reproduce when you first opened this but now I can't

[vlachoudis]

@orestisfl you made me wondering, and I started testing it. I realize that some times it happens and sometimes it doesn't. So maybe is more subtle the problem.
I think it is a function of the location of the mouse.

When I move from left(primary) to right(secondary) and the mouse is located on the primary then the problem appears.
When I move the window back from the right to the left (primary with the mouse) everything works ok.

Probably after the move the mouse resets the focus