add signal hack to prevent firefox focus stealing

[etc/awesome.git] / .config / awesome / rc.lua

diff --git a/.config/awesome/rc.lua b/.config/awesome/rc.lua
index 116c8d4f1a54981c29f71ee1537f6c31149f00bd..8f3c452ee80e8a040b3d4c39cc17a5cbe24133e5 100644 (file)
--- a/.config/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/.config/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -656,6 +656,15 @@ end)
 
 client.connect_signal("focus", function(c) c.border_color = beautiful.border_focus end)
 client.connect_signal("unfocus", function(c) c.border_color = beautiful.border_normal end)
+
+-- https://www.mail-archive.com/awesome@naquadah.org/msg08285.html
+client.disconnect_signal("request::activate", awful.ewmh.activate)
+client.connect_signal("request::activate", function(c, context, hints)
+    if c.class == "Firefox" and context == "ewmh" then
+        return
+    end
+    return awful.ewmh.activate(c, context, hints)
+end)
 -- }}}
 
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