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I've been using a Mac at work for a couple of months now, but after getting used to it there still are some annoyances that I'm trying to eliminate. One is: If I have multiple windows open, clicking on a non-active window will activate it - but the application does not register the click.

Coming from a Windows background, this makes the UI feel very sluggish, as I feel I'm spending far more clicks than I should.

Is there a way to configure this behavior? I know there are utilities available for Windows to tweak things like this, are there any similar tools available for Mac OS?

Robotnik
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Pieter Witvoet
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Not exactly what you ask, but you can try Zooom/2 — one of its features is brining windows to front on hover after customizable time and that is just one of many features.

Also not excactly what you are asking: holding ⌘ and clicking background windows will fire click event without activating window.

tig
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What application specifically? I tested with both Safari and Finder and found that clicks in an inactive window will both focus the window as well as activate a click event.

Josh
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Find NSView.h through spotlight. Search for acceptsFirstMouse , edit the statement to: (BOOL)acceptsFirstMouse:(NSEvent *)event;

Parv Jain
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