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Same. You have to click the window before typing something, but scroll does follow the mouse.
by matwood 6y ago
Same. You have to click the window before typing something, but scroll does follow the mouse.
- ginko 6y agoHow about button clicks?
- matwood 6y agoNo, 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 agoyou have to hold 'option' to click on a button in a window without focus
- chipotle_coyote 6y agoNot 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.