GNU bug report logs - #4946
23.1.50; focus-follows-mouse doesn't work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Joel J. Adamson" <adamsonj <at> email.unc.edu>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: "Joel J. Adamson" <adamsonj <at> email.unc.edu>,
        4946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4946: 23.1.50; focus-follows-mouse doesn't work
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:14:21 +0100

> Despite setting focus-follows-mouse to t using (setq focus-follows-mouse
> t) when starting with Emacs -Q, focus does not change when I split the
> frame into two windows.  Cursor remains a blank box (no blinking)
> despite mouse movement.

`focus-follows-mouse' is a variable you should set corresponding to your
window manager's mouse focus policy.  It affects Emacs frames only.

What you probably want to set is `mouse-autoselect-window'.

martin
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