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Window focus follows mouse
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Description
Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or hard to do? Please describe the problem.
iterm2 and various terminals have a feature where the window focus can follow where the mouse pointer is above
Describe the solution you'd like
if I have multiple macvim windows open and I move my mouse over a different window, that window should have the keyboard input focus
Contributor guide
First steps
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- 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 MacVim's macOS window-focus handling and how mouse movement is delivered between multiple windows. Verify the behavior with several MacVim windows open: moving the pointer over a window should give it keyboard focus.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, vim
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100