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> I have always used a window manager that allows me to click in a window
> without the window manager popping up the window being clicked. In this
> scenario,  a large window is being displayed and I click a button to
> bring up one or several small related displays. I interact with the
> related displays and then interact (by clicking) in the larger window.
> For my configuration, when I do this (interact with the larger window)
> , it does not pop-up and occlude the small related displays. Over the
> years I have observed many sites that do not configure this behavior.
> Instead they have things configured so clicking in the larger window
> does cause it to pop up, covering up all the small related display
> windows. I could never imagine how one could live with this behavior.
> 
> So, my question is: How do you have your window manager configured? The
> way I described my configuration or a configuration that gives the
> behavior you would get from, for example, Microsoft Windows.

Personally I have mine set to the default behaviour (focus does not follow mouse pointer), as I find the alternative extremely annoying when working with lots of terminal windows. The scientists who use lots of EDM screens however sometimes have focus follows mouse for the same reasons that you highlight.

Thanks,
Tom

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