moRU Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 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? MOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 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: 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moRU Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 I see. Oh well, I will check out virtual desktop but I understand what you are saying. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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