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Add a way for lua to check if mainform has focus
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re: Lua API/scripting
- Dominant language
- C#
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- 2.8k
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Description
When adding onscreen buttons through lua, they often get pressed when I'm working in an entirely different window. Accept background input is off, so I'm not sure maybe it's just a bug?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Lua onscreen-button input handling and the mainform focus state; no file or test is named in the issue. Determine how focus should be exposed to Lua and verify that the result distinguishes the mainform from another window while background input is disabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, lua
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100