Allow task spawned in center terminal to gain focus

[dumski]

Hi,
I tried hard and I'm not able to configure Zed to focus a task pane if it's spawned in the center terminal - the reveal_target option just make sure pane is visible, but doesn't focus it. My tasks always need immediate input from user to proceed (like espflash serial port selection when flashing), so it always forces me to manually move a focus to spawned task terminal pane after spawning it. It really slowes me down ;)

Would it be possible to implement such an option?

Thanks for your work, BTW
Teo

[SomeoneToIgnore]

Did you try any other options like

zed/assets/settings/initial_tasks.json

Lines 17 to 21 in b01d187

	// What to do with the terminal pane and tab, after the command was started:
	// * `always` — always show the task's pane, and focus the corresponding tab in it (default)
	// * `no_focus` — always show the task's pane, add the task's tab in it, but don't focus it
	// * `never` — do not alter focus, but still add/reuse the task's tab in its pane
	"reveal": "always",

?

[dumski]

I agree, it looks like when "reveal": "always" is set Zed should focus the corresponding tab. But for me, it works only when using dock terminal as a target. When using center terminal as a target, focus stays on my current tab, even with "reveal": "always" option set. Checked with latest Zed and Zed Preview.

There is one case when it works as expected: when center terminal tab is newly created by spawned task - it gains focus but I believe it works only because of the new tab is simply created "on top" of all other tabs.

Sould I make a recording of it?

[SomeoneToIgnore]

Sounds like a bug indeed.

[JonGretar]

You should probably include the results from zed: copy system specs to clipboard to help.
This might be system specific bug as all my tasks gain focus.

Here is an example of a task that always gains focus on my machine.

  {
    "label": "file_finder",
    "command": "zed \"$(tv files)\"",
    "hide": "always",
    "reveal_target": "center",
    "allow_concurrent_runs": true,
    "use_new_terminal": true
  },

And for what it's worth here is also a keymap that I use along side it:

"space s f": [
      "task::Spawn",
      { "task_name": "file_finder", "reveal_target": "center" }
    ],

What I have is:

Zed: v0.197.3 (Zed) 
OS: macOS 15.5.0
Memory: 8 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

[JonGretar]

Might also help if you include your actual task JSON.