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#1 2017-05-02 11:15:42

bsld
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LXDE-Switch focus to window without foregrounding overlapping windows?

Like for example when I'm watching some disgusting Pewdiepie video and I want to hide parts of it using some randomly opened window but I still want to control the video so I can pause it with the spacebar - how can I do that - I'm using LXDE desktop manager.

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#2 2017-05-02 11:35:38

ayekat
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Re: LXDE-Switch focus to window without foregrounding overlapping windows?

LXDE uses the openbox WM, which should support focus-follows-mouse. You could enable that and then hover your mouse over your video window to give it focus without raising the window.


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#3 2017-05-02 11:37:33

bsld
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Re: LXDE-Switch focus to window without foregrounding overlapping windows?

ayekat wrote:

LXDE uses the openbox WM, which should support focus-follows-mouse. You could enable that and then hover your mouse over your video window to give it focus without raising the window.

No I want to drag a window over another one then click back the original one without foregrounding the one that just overlapped it. Do you understand me?

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#4 2017-05-02 11:45:29

ayekat
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Re: LXDE-Switch focus to window without foregrounding overlapping windows?

I thought I understood your goal, but then:

bsld wrote:

foregrounding the one that just overlapped it.

I thought you want to focus a window A that is being overlapped by another window B without raising A to the top of the window stack.

Also, I don't understand why you want to be able to click on a window without raising it. What's wrong with focus-follows-mouse?


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