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  • Orion windows don't always get focus when clicked / switched back with Alt + Tab (MacOS)

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I have two Orion windows open: one on the main laptop display and one on my external monitor. I'm writing something on another window application which is on top of Orion (for example when I get a message on Signal or Whatsapp desktop). When I do Alt + Tab to switch back to Orion, the window doesn't get focus. I can still interact with the page if I use the mouse (for example to click or scroll) but the tabs are grayed out. Sometimes the focus is given back to the wrong Orion window (for example is given to the one open on the laptop screen), I click on the "+" icon which is inside the window open on the external monitor and the new Tab is open on the other window (the one in the laptop screen).

I expect the Orion window to regain focus when I switch back to it with Alt + Tab.

p.s: this is something which happens quite often during my usage, but I still haven't figured out how to exactly reproduce it.

Version 0.99.128.2.1-beta (WebKit 619.1.11.111.2)

Sonoma (14)

    I have noticed the same and simply assumed it is a feature of macOS. If you have the time, could you see whether something similar happens on other browsers (Safari would be the best browser to test)?

      laiz I've been using Safari as my main browser everywhere in the last 2-3 years and never noticed such behaviour :/ that's quite visible and annoying not just because it's a visual bug, but because the lack of focus in the right window makes the new tabs open in the wrong window and other stuff

      • laiz replied to this.

          andreagrandi
          Thanks for making this report. I'll keep a closer look on this and see if I can find reliable steps for reproducing it.

              5 days later

              While not caused by alt+tabbing, I have found a consistent way to reproduce the issue of when the user switches back to Orion from some other program, the window doesn't become fully active until the user actually clicks on something. As will be shown in the video below, the tab icons/titles remain grayed out even though Orion is the active window as is highlighted in the macOS menu bar, essentially requiring the user to click twice to interact with something in Orion when switching back from another app. Safari does not require this extra click, instead performing the desired action upon first click.

              Steps to reproduce:

              1. Enable compact tab layout in Orion settings
              2. Open at least 2 tabs
              3. Switch focus away from Orion to some other program
              4. Switch back to Orion by clicking one of the tabs in Orion tab bar
              5. Orion is now "active", the window can be scrolled but tabs remain grayed out, requiring the user to click again before any of their clicks register.
              6. Steps 1–4 work as expected on Safari, properly activating the window when a tab is clicked on.


              At 0:11 you can see that clicking the Lobsters tab, switches to it, but the window remains in semi-inactive state as is highlighted by the grayed out tab titles. At 0:20 I click on the page, now fully making Orion the active window as can be seen in the tab titles.

              Compare this to Safari:

              Everything in the video above works as expected, requiring no extra clicks.

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