From: Job Snijders <job@bsd.nl>
Subject: Re: cwm(1), when closing a window, pass focus to prev in stack
To: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <wai@roquesor.com>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:57:02 +0000

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 09:49:42AM +0200, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> This is a ping of a proposal I made last year.
> 
> Current behaviour: when you close a window, whatever other window the
> pointer lands on gets the focus.
> 
> Behavior proposed: when you close a window, the pointer warps (passing
> the focus) to the previous window in the stack.  Conveniently, raise it
> first, otherwise if it's behind another window the latter will get the
> focus instead.
> 
> The downside of this change is that when closing a window using the
> mouse, by clicking on a dialog "Close" button or "Quit" in the
> application menu, the pointer will jump while you're manually
> controlling the mouse, what can be confusing.  Personally I find this
> less undesirable than randomly giving input to any client each time I
> close a window, as happens with the current behavior (which in some
> cases could lead to dangerous mistakes).

This seems fine to me, in the sense that it perhaps makes
opening/closing a bit more symmetric.