[AG-TECH] sloppy focus on OSX?

Marius Schamschula marius at physics.aamu.edu
Tue Jun 21 08:46:47 CDT 2005


Chris,

Apple doesn't like this - not in the User Interface Guidelines.

However, I use CodeTek Virtual Desktop 3.1 <http://www.codetek.com/> 
which optionally adds sloppy focus (Enable focus follows mouse, under 
the switching tab). You can even adjust the time delay before focus 
changes.

On Jun 20, 2005, at 5:54 PM, Christoph Willing wrote:

>
> On 21/06/2005, at 1:32 AM, Jason Pepas wrote:
>
> [snip]
>> Windows XP, of course, does not use sloppy focus.  However, it looks
>> like the video windows produced by vic somehow override the focus
>> switching scheme of the operating system.  The result is an 
>> inconsistent
>> experience, where some windows obey sloppy focus, and others don't.
>> Some people prefer consistent behavior, which explains my earlier
>> question.
>
> In a related vein, does anyone know how to _enable_ sloppy focus with 
> MacOSX's desktop/window manager?
>
>
> chris
>
>
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>
>
Marius
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