Can't seem to chain desktop with focus=off

[ghost]

If I set the following rule.

bspc rule -a firefox focus=off

Firefox won't steal focus. When I try to chain the rule so I can also set the workspace I want it to stay on focus=off no longer works.

bspc rule -a firefox desktop='^2' focus=off

[mifrandir]

I just checked, it does work for me.

Can you give some more details on your setup? What do you expect to happen? What does actually happen?

[ghost]

I expect firefox to load on desktop #2, which it does. I also expect it to not take focus when a application sends a url to it. Currently it still steals focus. If i remove the desktop setting and only have focus=off then it stops stealing focus.

#!/bin/sh

bspc rule -r "*"

nm-applet &
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
killall sxhkd; sxhkd &
killall dunst; dunst &
killall compton; compton &
killall xautolock; xautolock -time 60 -locker "/home/gregf/dev/active/i3lock-fancy-multimonitor/lock -e -p" -secure &
killall flameshot; flameshot &
killall parcellite; parcellite &
! pgrep mpd && mpd &
! pgrep emacs && emacs &
! pgrep firefox && firefox &

~/bin/polybar.sh &
~/bin/wallpaper &

bspc monitor DVI-D-0 -d "1 " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 "
bspc monitor DVI-D-1 -d "6 " "7 " "8 ♪" "9 "
bspc monitor HDMI-A-0 -d "10 "

bspc config border_width         2
bspc config window_gap           8

bspc config automatic_scheme     spiral

bspc config split_ratio          0.52
bspc config borderless_monocle   true
bspc config gapless_monocle      true
bspc config focus_follows_pointer true
bspc config pointer_follows_monitor true
bspc config honor_size_hints true
bspc config merge_overlapping_monitors true
bspc config pointer_action1 move
bspc config pointer_action2 resize_side
bspc config pointer_action3 resize_corner
# Set the border colors.
bspc config focused_border_color "#00C1FF"
bspc config normal_border_color "#586e75"
bspc config presel_feedback_color "#b89b94"

#polybar hidden when fullscreen for vlc, youtube, mpv ...
#find out the name of your monitor with xrandr
xdo below -t $(xdo id -n root) $(xdo id -a polybar-left_DVI-D-0)
xdo below -t $(xdo id -n root) $(xdo id -a polybar-right_DVI-D-1)

bspc rule -a Gimp state=floating follow=on
bspc rule -a Chromium desktop='^9' private=on
bspc rule -a firefox focus=off desktop="^2"
bspc rule -a Vivaldi-stable desktop='^2' private=on
bspc rule -a Emacs desktop='^3' private=on
bspc rule -a Navigator desktop='^2' private=on
bspc rule -a mpv state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a spotify desktop='^8' private=on
bspc rule -a Steam desktop='^5' private=on state=floating
bspc rule -a Kunst state=floating private=on
bspc rule -a gcolor2 state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a lxappearance state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a libreoffice state=tiled
bspc rule -a '*:libreofficedev' state=tiled
bspc rule -a Galculator state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a Pavucontrol state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a net-sourceforge-jnlp-runtime-Boot state=floating
bspc rule -a java-lang-Thread state=floating
bspc rule -a sun-awt-X11-XFramePeer state=floating
bspc rule -a Sxiv state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a Emacs state=tiled
bspc rule -a Caja state=floating center=true
bspc rule -a Uplay state=floating center=true desktop='^5' private=on
bspc rule -a Lutris state=floating center=true desktop='^4' private=on
bspc rule -a Filezilla desktop='^7' private=on
bspc rule -a "Genymotion Player" desktop='^5' privatee=on
bspc rule -a player desktop='^5' private=on

[SeerLite]

Did you try bspc config ignore_emwh_focus true?

AFAIK focus=off is only for when the program is started, not for when it's already running and requests focus.

[ghost]

@SeerLite just tried it, still taking focus.

[SeerLite]

Ah, it must be something else then.

If i remove the desktop setting and only have focus=off then it stops stealing focus.

I hadn't read this before. I'm kind of confused now. Does it not steal focus at all when you remove the other desktop rule but receives an URL from elsewhere?

[SeerLite]

I just tested it out. focus=off has no effect for me (makes sense since it shouldn't be related at all) and ignore_ewmh_focus... does stop Firefox from stealing focus... Ah, I made a typo before, sorry!

It's actually bspc config ignore_ewmh_focus true. Try that instead.

[ghost]

@SeerLite Still having the same issue. If I have the desktop set it steals focus with ignore_ewmh_focus true set. If I don't set a desktop for firefox to launch on then it works as expected. It appears they cannot be combined from what I have seen.

[SeerLite]

That's strange. It works all fine for me. Can you give an example of an URL being sent to firefox from another program? I'm testing it on my side by doing a simple firefox <URL> in a terminal. Are you doing something different?

Could you try recording your screen/take some descriptive screenshots of the behavior you're seeing? Maybe that'd help visualize what's happening.

Also important: what bspwm and Firefox versions are you running?

[ghost]

@SeerLite give me a little bit and I'll get obs-studio installed and record what's going on.

[ghost]

Well it was working before when I didn't have desktop="^2", but now it appears it doesn't work at all no matter what I set. I cleared all my rules, tried setting both bspc -a Navigator ignore_ewmh_focus=true, I tried focus=false, I tried Firefox instead of Navigator. Nothing stops it from stealing focus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA3yGYj5lxY

[SeerLite]

Ahh I saw the problem right away in the video heh. I knew it was gonna help!

Run the command exactly as written here: bspc config ignore_ewmh_focus true Don't append anything to a rule subcommand. Just copy this and run it in a shell.

You see, ignore_ewmh_focus is a config setting, not a rule. config and rule are two different subcommands. config lets you modify the behavior of bspwm, while rule lets you change some properties about newly created nodes/windows. There's more information in the man page (man bspwm) about both subcommands and the different settings you can change with config.

Hopefully that solves the problem!

[ghost]

Wow do I feel stupid right now! Thank you!