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newlooper / VirtualSpace

A Virtual Desktop Enhancement GUI Program For Win10 & Win11
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Please change keyboard focus to WindowFilter when it is invoked #79

Closed mdear-lsn closed 11 months ago

mdear-lsn commented 1 year ago

I'm loving the WindowFilter feature!

It would be even better if, when invoked with a double-shift-press the keyboard focus changes to the WindowFilter so I can commence typing immediately without having to move the mouse to the window and clicking to change focus.

Also, I would love to donate to this project as I've been finding it seriously multiplying my productivity. Your readme doesn't mention any way to do this. I would like to vote with my dollars !

newlooper commented 1 year ago

the WindowFilter will get focus when it opened, it is design so from the beginning. unless there are another app steal focus from it. the way to confirm: try a fresh VS in a clean Windows in a VM like VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox...

mdear-lsn commented 1 year ago

I'm not sure which app is, as you put it, stealing focus. Is there any way to characterize / determine what is going wrong?

On my system, focus does not stay with the WindowFilter when I invoke it. Could you at least allow me to transfer focus to it by pressing the Tab key ? The mousing action is more time consuming. Thanks.

mdear commented 1 year ago

Update : I'm seeing sporadic behavior here on my Windows 10 Pro frame.work laptop, sometimes when I enter the Window Filter I can type immediately, and other times I must move the mouse to the Window Filter area and left click to move focus.

I'd still appreciate having a key on the main view that will allow me to move focus to the Window Filter if it is not there already.

This is a real development machine, not a clean Windows install, and I would still appreciate having this feature.