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On 28 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

When I open a Window, it's to use it as soon as possible, not to
lose some time to take care of the way it's displayed. So an
overlapping window is a problem because I have to focus of something
useless when I was focused on the thing I was doing.

I have focus-follows-mouse set.
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Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 28 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

When I open a Window, it's to use it as soon as possible, not to
lose some time to take care of the way it's displayed. So an
overlapping window is a problem because I have to focus of something
useless when I was focused on the thing I was doing.

I have focus-follows-mouse set.

Same here. Also keystrokes to maximize vertically or horizontally,
or move the window. And a keystoke to tile the windows...
including <laughing> my Conky bars. Had to log out/in to restore.

(This is using the Fluxbox window manager)
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Le 01-03-2026, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a |-crit-a:

On 28 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

When I open a Window, it's to use it as soon as possible, not to
lose some time to take care of the way it's displayed. So an
overlapping window is a problem because I have to focus of something
useless when I was focused on the thing I was doing.

I have focus-follows-mouse set.

I don't need a mouse to open a window. If I need to know where my mouse
is, it's a useless distraction. And I hate the focus-follows-mouse
setting. Too many times, my mouse moved without realising it and
suddenly I'm typing in another window. I really hate that.
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St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

Le 01-03-2026, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a |-crit-a:

On 28 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

When I open a Window, it's to use it as soon as possible, not to
lose some time to take care of the way it's displayed. So an
overlapping window is a problem because I have to focus of something
useless when I was focused on the thing I was doing.

I have focus-follows-mouse set.

I don't need a mouse to open a window. If I need to know where my mouse
is, it's a useless distraction. And I hate the focus-follows-mouse
setting. Too many times, my mouse moved without realising it and
suddenly I'm typing in another window. I really hate that.

Why do you bother with a mouse? :-)
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On 01 Mar 2026 13:29:46 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

And I hate the focus-follows-mouse
setting. Too many times, my mouse moved without realising it and
suddenly I'm typing in another window. I really hate that.

That wasn't the mouse.

That was your Gallic nose:

<https://i.postimg.cc/JnpDBKqM/gallic-nose.jpg>

<https://i.postimg.cc/Hx6c732Y/gallic-nose-2.jpg>

You've got to be careful not to nudge the mouse with that
gigantic schnoz.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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On 01 Mar 2026 13:29:46 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

Le 01-03-2026, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a |-crit-a:

On 28 Feb 2026 10:57:09 GMT, St|-phane CARPENTIER wrote:

When I open a Window, it's to use it as soon as possible, not to
lose some time to take care of the way it's displayed. So an
overlapping window is a problem because I have to focus of
something useless when I was focused on the thing I was doing.

I have focus-follows-mouse set.

I don't need a mouse to open a window.

Neither do I.

If I need to know where my mouse is, it's a useless distraction.

The symbol on the screen is called a rCLpointerrCY. Far from being a
rCLuseless distractionrCY, it is in fact an important rCLcentre of
interestrCY. Most GUI interactions require you to know where it is.

And I hate the focus-follows-mouse setting. Too many times, my mouse
moved without realising it and suddenly I'm typing in another
window. I really hate that.

DonrCOt you have sufficient feedback as to which window is active? If
the default amount of highlighting isnrCOt enough, I recently discovered
a new KDE Plasma setting, where inactive windows become translucent. I
find this adds to the differentiation between them.

I find focus-follows-mouse useful because it means a window doesnrCOt
have to be completely visible before I can interact with it -- less
fiddly than tiling window managers.
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