From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org
Subject: Re: master 127ab231be 1/2: Attempt to clarify Input Focus documentation
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:19:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2d1b683c220e3aaa4d07@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83h711ueqo.fsf@gnu.org>
>
> I actually don't understand how can people use some other policy, when
> moving focus to another frame or a different application requires that
> you click on its window. That basically means you never work with more
> than one frame/window.
>
The focus-follows-mouse policy is indeed superior for advanced users, but
I think it must be admitted that it isn't appropriate for regular users.
It breaks the "desk" mental model, with which you always act on the
topmost element, which is the one that is fully visible. With the
focus-follows-mouse policy you can act on any element that is partly
visible, but that means that you can e.g. type on the keyboard without
seeing any visible effect on the screen.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-21 14:19 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <20220920151239.61451C00871@vcs2.savannah.gnu.org>
2022-09-21 2:23 ` master 127ab231be 1/2: Attempt to clarify Input Focus documentation Po Lu
2022-09-21 9:14 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-21 10:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-21 10:54 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-21 10:51 ` Po Lu
2022-09-21 10:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-21 11:43 ` Po Lu
2022-09-21 10:58 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-21 11:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-21 11:56 ` Po Lu
2022-09-21 12:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-21 16:19 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-09-21 16:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-21 17:23 ` Drew Adams
2022-09-21 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-21 21:37 ` Drew Adams
2022-09-22 2:54 ` Po Lu
2022-09-21 14:19 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2022-09-21 15:25 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-09-21 15:53 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-22 4:29 ` tomas
2022-09-22 6:53 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-22 5:42 ` Po Lu
2022-09-21 12:07 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-21 15:06 ` tomas
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