vscode focus on press widget (vscode)

[tgpsantos]

I'm using devtools in VSCode and sometimes it's more convenient to just open it in a new window (instead of being docked in the same window). Unfortunately, with the automatic forced focus ON, the window focus is always switching back from the dev tools window to the code window.

This feature is super convenient btw, I just wish sometimes I could turn it off. Is that possible atm?

Thanks in advance

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[kenzieschmoll]

@DanTup

[DanTup]

@tgpsantos can you clarify what you mean by taking focus? I just tested with DevTools in an external browser and although it navigates around my code as I click on widgets, the VS Code window does not take focus - the browser remains in focus:

focus.mp4

Is this different to what you're seeing, or do you just mean you don't want the editor to navigate around the code? Thanks!

[DanTup]

Also - if VS Code is taking focus, can you confirm what OS you're on? (I tested on Windows)

[tgpsantos]

Hi Dan, thanks for following up.
I'm using dev tools plugin. See the attached video.

Also, after a couple of minimizes / maximizes the dev tools window becomes unresponsive. (this nomrally doesn't happen when in the same window as the working code)

Screen.Recording.2024-08-02.184231.mp4

[DanTup]

@tgpsantos thanks for the video - I see now you're using a separate VS Code window rather than DevTools in the browser which is why I wouldn't repro.

It appears that this is VS Code behaviour - when we try to show a document, it looks like the window it's in will take focus. This was raised at microsoft/vscode#201053 in the context of tests, but it looks like the fix that was made was just to prevent this during the test runs rather than allowing it to be controlled generally.

I have opened microsoft/vscode#224836 about this because it feels like a bug (or at least an unreasonable limitation) in VS Code IMO. If it won't be fixed there, I think the best we can do is provide an option to disable the navigation (something tracked at #6561). Please add your 👍 to the issue!

I'll leave this issue open for a little while until there's a response on the VS Code issue, as it's possible even if it's addressed there we might need to make changes here (or more likely in the Dart-Code extension).

[DanTup]

The VS Code issue microsoft/vscode#224836 was added to backlog candidates, which means it needs 20 👍 's in 60 days to avoid being closed by the bot. Please add your 👍s if you'd like to see this fixed!