> How would that global app ban help? You do want the application to steal focus...

eviks · 2026-07-24T11:09:12 1784891352

We can't both be happy because the setting does nothing for me.

frameset · 2026-07-24T11:12:02 1784891522

What? You can set it to let apps steal the focus you want. I can set it to not allow any apps to steal focus. How are we not both satisfied?

waisbrot · 2026-07-24T11:50:30 1784893830

I want the setting to steal YOUR focus

eviks · 2026-07-24T11:50:08 1784893808

That! I don't want apps to steal focus in some conditions. I can't set it like that because the settings are too primitive. Why would I be satisfied with a primitive binary toggle when I want workflow-dependent conditions?

frameset · 2026-07-24T12:38:01 1784896681

Did you read the documentation I linked? There's also high/medium/low settings that use XDG signals to determine if focus should change.

eviks · 2026-07-24T13:17:52 1784899072

Did you read my comment? Which of these 3 settings allows focus steal, but not during typing?

etdznots · 2026-07-24T14:10:17 1784902217

Turing complete focus filter policy language and evaluator

eviks · 2026-07-24T19:54:30 1784922870

I'd settle for a few "if/else"s