[Wayland-bugs] [Bug 66289] New: Implement Custom Window Focus

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66289

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 66289
          Assignee: wayland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: Implement Custom Window Focus
          Severity: enhancement
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux (All)
          Reporter: afuturepilotis at gmail.com
          Hardware: All
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: wayland
           Product: Wayland

So I've always thought the perfect way to deal with window focus would be the
following:

With two windows open (A and B), assuming A is above B, but B is visible behind
A. (I.E. a terminal window on top of a web browser window).

Focus is initially on A (mouse and keyboard).
When the mouse hovers over B the scroll wheel is enabled for B, but keyboard
focus is still in A. (So you can scroll a page on the web browser while still
having the terminal on top.)

When the mouse is single clicked (or clicked and dragged, etc.) A is still
raised, but keyboard focus goes to B. (So you can go to a different webpage
without the Terminal disappearing behind the web browser. This would be great
for copy/pasting things from one window to another).

When B is double clicked it is then raised and A is no longer in focus.

Does that make sense? I've heard that this isn't possible with the X server (at
least without a LOT of hacking).

I'd like the ability to do highly customizable window focus (keyboard and mouse
independent) like this.

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