Awesome WM: workaround for gnome or mate panel stealing focus

If you use awesome 3.5, and a gnome or mate panel, the panel will often receive focus when you switch desktops. As a workaround:

Add this rule to your rc.lua:

{ rule = { class = "Mate-panel" }, properties = { ontop = true, focusable = false } }

Replace /usr/share/awesome/lib/awful/autofocus.lua with the attached file

autofocus.lua

Tobias Kraze

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Tobias Kraze

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autofocus.lua

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Source code in this card is licensed under the MIT License.

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Posted by Tobias Kraze to makandra dev (2016-12-01 17:30)

Awesome WM: workaround for gnome or mate panel stealing focus

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