Focus Follow Mouse option for embedded Windows

[Sauermann]

Currently the focus of embedded Windows is changed by clicking on a different embedded window.

Some window managers offer the option, that a window is automatically focused, when the mouse hovers over it.

Is such a feature needed in Godot?

Here is an implementation of the functionality: https://github.com/Sauermann/godot/tree/proposal-focus-follow-mouse

[theraot]

For what I can see you made a fork where presumably you implemented the feature you desire. That should a pull request. I believe a proposal where you explain the feature is encourage, yet this discussion should also do. I believe moderators can move it if necessary. So, I suggest:

• Open a pull request, mentioning that it implements the feature you mention here (link this discussion). There it can go into the usual review process. If you believe your implementation is not ready yet, you can make the pull request as a draft.
• Meanwhile, edit the discussion to explain what the feature is. Consider including a mockup (or - since, I suppose, you have a working implementation - it could be a video) showing the feature.

[Sauermann]

I did not find a pull request or proposal fitting, because I do not have an actual problem, that this solves for me.

It was intended as a bug-fix, but unfortunately it ended up not fixing the thing I hoped, it would do. So I put it here for posterity, if the need for this functionality comes up in the future.

[Calinou]

Some window managers offer the option, that a window is automatically focused, when the mouse hovers over it.

Can we query the state of the window manager's focus model somehow, and use it automatically in Godot? Focus-follows-mouse is only really a thing on Linux, and it's not enabled by default in the vast majority of window managers.