Auto Active Windows in Mac OS X


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Is there a program or a setting that can be changed that will make windows auto active when your mouse is on them. I remember taking the Unix class that if you moved you mouse above one of the windows that was then the one you were working in. Anything like that for the Mac?

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The problem with focus follows mouse in os x isn't exactly obvious, but it's simple.

On most *NIX application the menu is either accessed via a mouse click or it's stuck to the top of the window. On OS X the menu bar is torn off and stuck to the top of the screen. as soon as you move your mouse the application changes focus - you'd never be able to click on menubars.

Here's an example:

osxmouseexample.jpg

I'm in safari writting this post. I want to change my user agent using the debug menu.

I move the mouse up, but then mail.app takes the focus. When the new application has the focus, the menubar up top changes from safari's to mail. I keep going, and I go over the desktop - now finder is the active application so the menubar changes once more.

I'd never be able to click the menu bar unless one of these two happened

a) The desktop wasn't given the focus on mouseover. (simple enough I guess)

b) safari's window was place at the top of the screen touching the menu bar. (not practical)

That being said, codetek's virtual desktop has this feature. I'm not sure how well it works, but they have a demo you can download.

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Most utils (for other OS's) that I've ever seen have a delay factor in them that would seem to keep this from happening, but I've never looked for one for OS X.

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