Focus pane based on click location when foregrounding

[ianterrell]

Describe the solution you'd like?

It would be nice if Warp focused on the pane clicked on when coming back from the background. Currently I have to click twice to select the pane I want to use.

I use a multilane workflow and this catches me quite a lot; I find myself typing into the wrong pane.

See comparison with iTerm2, even with focus follows mouse disabled:

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Combined with other issues, it makes me wonder if I'm in a minority using multiple panes in my terminal.

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[elviskahoro]

Fixed in latest release

[fwouts]

I'm still seeing this bug in v0.2022.04.01.01.37.stable_03 on MacOS 12.3.

@elviskahoro was it included in that release?

[elviskahoro]

I think we had to revert it. Thanks for commenting!

[elviskahoro]

Often I click just to make sure the window is focused and I don't want to highlight/select anything.

[lobocv]

Would really love to see this feature. It drives me nuts when I change from my IDE to the terminal and start typing a command only to realize I need to click it again! It would be great if when you click on warp the first time, it will go to the cursor of the pane you clicked on. I think right now it focuses on the last output command and doesn't show the cursor prompt until I click again right near the text input

[dev4joel]

From swolf via Discord

Current flow: I use a split left/right pane layout for both my workflows. I frequently switch between panes. When I do so from the window being in an inactive state two clicks are required. The first sets the window active, and the second is required to switch panes
Desired flow: Use the click that sets the window active to also change pane if the click lands on an inactive pane.

It's minor, but I still find myself expecting to only need one click. I'd love if this could be changed

[jsharpe]

@elviskahoro given you had a fix for this can't this be reapplied in the latest versions? The original fix was made in March, its now August which suggests that this has fallen off your priority list?

[elviskahoro]

Good point. The original feature ended up causing another bug and so we removed it. After looking into the bug, we realized it be a much bigger engineering lift than anticipated. I'll reach back out and see.

[elviskahoro]

It's too big of an engineering lift at the moment. An so it's been deprioritized.

[korygorsky]

+1

Would love this update as well.

[Ken-vdE]

This is one of my biggest current issues. I can't count the amount of times i've ctrl-c'd the wrong running command because warp did not focus the pane I clicked. Very annoying.
Is there a ETA on this fix?

[dannyneira]

@Ken-vdE It is something we've begun work on, but no solid ETA on the fix. Thanks for your patience!

[ScopeSV]

I usually have multiple panes open, one might be vim, another one is running w/e I'm developing.
I have to manually click on the pane running vim if its not selected. This can also lead to quitting the program, as some shortcuts might be pressed. I'm running everything through the terminal as I really don't enjoy clicking around with the mouse that much. This makes an extra click step which is very prone to errors :)

[AshMcConnell]

Would love this to be fixed, it can be quite dangerous to type in the wrong window

[degecko]

Can you please provide this as an option if you can't make it the default bahaviour? It's really bothering in terms of UX. I'm constantly writing in the wrong terminal.

[dannyneira]

Hey Folks, Edited to include Tabs as well as Panes since the behavior is the same when foregrounding.

Also, this is on the roadmap as a future feature/enhancement for Warps foregrounding functionality. No ETA on the launch but it's on our radar. 🤞

[tylerstillwater]

Adding my two cents on this. This is the #1 disruptor of my daily workflow, and my biggest driver away from Warp. Warp is so good that I'm putting up with it for now, but I would be delighted to see this enhancement happen!

[cdcasey]

Absolute +1. Thanks for looking at the feedback, y'all!

[deep-blue-pulsar]

Unfortunately this is too big of an issue for my workflow so I moved back to iterm+fig.

[zachlloyd]

I'm working on a fix for this now.

here's the version for panes: https://share.getcloudapp.com/wbuLJlnp

just noticed this is also an issue for tabs - looking to see if i can fix that as well