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Do not blame Firefox, this is actually how MacOS UI works by default: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/269622/macos-windows-requiring-an-explicit-click

by bragh 6y ago

Do not blame Firefox, this is actually how MacOS UI works by default: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/269622/macos-windows-requiring-an-explicit-click-to-make-active-before-ui-elements-ins/269662 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/269622/macos-windo... I think the other poster has some addon installed and forgot about it.

jmkni 6y ago
I don't think I do, I'm a fairly recent convert to macOS. I'm running Big Sur and I can interact with any window the mouse cursor is over. I can scroll any window I'm hovering over, and with a single click can perform an action.
- matwood 6y ago
  Same. You have to click the window before typing something, but scroll does follow the mouse.
  - ginko 6y ago
    How about button clicks?
    - matwood 6y ago
      No, but I understand the rationale. A button click is an input much like typing. Plus, when I want to give a window focus, I'd rather not look for a non-button to click. But, having clicks work on hover instead of after focus is fine, and simply has a different set of trade offs.
    - droopyEyelids 6y ago
      you have to hold 'option' to click on a button in a window without focus
      - chipotle_coyote 6y ago
        Not Option, but Command. If you hold down Option and click in another window, the current window hides. You can also hold down Command and drag a window that doesn't have focus. You can also switch focus to a window without raising it by holding down Control+Option and clicking the window. At any rate, a lot of these things can be chalked up to different philosophies, I think. Personally, I really don't like focus follows mouse; when I was using FreeBSD and Linux many years ago, I would try it and then end up disabling it after a short while. It is worth noting that Terminal has a hidden preference for focus-follows-mouse: defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -bool true You can also change that setting, along with those of some other quirky system things, in third-party apps like TinkerTool and Onyx.

by bragh 6y ago

jmkni 6y ago

I don't think I do, I'm a fairly recent convert to macOS. I'm running Big Sur and I can interact with any window the mouse cursor is over. I can scroll any window I'm hovering over, and with a single click can perform an action.

matwood 6y ago
Same. You have to click the window before typing something, but scroll does follow the mouse.
- ginko 6y ago
  How about button clicks?
  - matwood 6y ago
    No, but I understand the rationale. A button click is an input much like typing. Plus, when I want to give a window focus, I'd rather not look for a non-button to click. But, having clicks work on hover instead of after focus is fine, and simply has a different set of trade offs.
  - droopyEyelids 6y ago
    you have to hold 'option' to click on a button in a window without focus
    - chipotle_coyote 6y ago
      Not Option, but Command. If you hold down Option and click in another window, the current window hides. You can also hold down Command and drag a window that doesn't have focus. You can also switch focus to a window without raising it by holding down Control+Option and clicking the window. At any rate, a lot of these things can be chalked up to different philosophies, I think. Personally, I really don't like focus follows mouse; when I was using FreeBSD and Linux many years ago, I would try it and then end up disabling it after a short while. It is worth noting that Terminal has a hidden preference for focus-follows-mouse: defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -bool true You can also change that setting, along with those of some other quirky system things, in third-party apps like TinkerTool and Onyx.