focus follows mouse (NO autoraise) in Mac Sierra

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I'm aware of the other threads on this topic but they are autoraised-based and/or all the answers point to software that's no longer being developed. I'm just looking for this simple feature: focus follows mouse WITHOUT autoraise for Mac. Zooom2 was able to perform this, but they are no longer developing their software. I'm not using the terminal and need to copy/paste and read between multiple programs with multiple windows, someone please tell you've found a solution to this?

Have you found a good solution for this? – foob.ar Mar 23 '18 at 16:20 — foob.ar, Mar 23 '18 at 16:20

Les Grieve · Answer 1 · 2019-09-12T12:58:59.263

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chunkwm has recently added a setting ffm_disable_autoraise which works well for me on macOS Mojave. To enable only the Focus Follows Mouse feature, follow the install steps then edit ~/.chunkwmrc to comment out undesired plugins and enable FFM

# chunkc core::load border.so
# chunkc core::load tiling.so
chunkc core::load ffm.so

and disable autoraise

chunkc set ffm_disable_autoraise         1

The other available plugins are useful but are not the subject of this question.

Edit 2019-09-12:

chunkwm has been superseded by yabai. To install:

brew tap koekeishiya/formulae
brew install yabai
mkdir -p ~/.config/yabai/
printf 'yabai -m config focus_follows_mouse autofocus' >> ~/.config/yabai/yabairc
brew services start yabai

edited Sep 12 '19 at 12:58

answered May 01 '19 at 12:31

Les Grieve

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Yabai works wonderfully! Thank you for solving my biggest gripe with macOS. – kalenpw Sep 27 '19 at 22:13
This is a lifesaver – Smitk Oct 22 '20 at 17:56
Can this be configured to move focus over to other displays with mouse? – Smitk Oct 22 '20 at 18:04
The above configuration works nicely with multiple displays. – Les Grieve Sep 13 '21 at 13:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '21 at 13:13

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I do miss one thing in Yabai - the ability to focus to a subwindow within a focussed window. That would be gold!

answered Jan 08 '21 at 13:13

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Focus between applications is controlled by the window manager or Yabai. Focus between panes in an application is controlled by that application. For example, Visual Studio Code has a feature request to add this ability; https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/93772. Contact the developer of the application you have in mind. – Les Grieve Sep 13 '21 at 13:03

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '22 at 01:55

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I am using AutoRaise. The modified fork from fredngo works well for me. Check out at https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise/issues/47#issuecomment-1129157693.

answered Nov 16 '22 at 01:55

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focus follows mouse (NO autoraise) in Mac Sierra

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