[FEAT]: Prevent floating popup of a managed window from stealing focus #142

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2026-01-05T14:48:32+01:00

adam commented

2026-01-05 14:48:32 +01:00

Originally created by @Cynosphere on GitHub (Sep 22, 2022).

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
MusicBee has a now playing popup notification whenever a track changes. This steals focus from other windows whilst its shown.

Describe the solution you'd like
A way to prevent this popup from stealing focus. I currently don't know of any other software that has this issue.

Describe alternatives you've considered
The popup can be disabled and I do have the now playing text on my bar, but it's still nice to have in borderless fullscreen games.

Additional context
Unless a way to apply float rules based on multiple rules comes about, I can't use a float rule. The window class is the same for both windows.

In bug.n I had this rule to unmanage the notification window due to the fact it has a window name of just "", and then manage the other windows if they have a title with at least one character.

Config_rule=WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.2bf8098_r7_ad1;.*;;0;0;0;1;1;0;
Config_rule=WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.2bf8098_r7_ad1;.+;;1;0;0;0;0;0;

Originally created by @Cynosphere on GitHub (Sep 22, 2022). **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** MusicBee has a now playing popup notification whenever a track changes. This steals focus from other windows whilst its shown. **Describe the solution you'd like** A way to prevent this popup from stealing focus. I currently don't know of any other software that has this issue. **Describe alternatives you've considered** The popup can be disabled and I do have the now playing text on my bar, but it's still nice to have in borderless fullscreen games. **Additional context** Unless a way to apply float rules based on multiple rules comes about, I can't use a float rule. The window class is the same for both windows. In bug.n I had this rule to unmanage the notification window due to the fact it has a window name of just "", and then manage the other windows if they have a title with at least one character. ``` Config_rule=WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.2bf8098_r7_ad1;.*;;0;0;0;1;1;0; Config_rule=WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.2bf8098_r7_ad1;.+;;1;0;0;0;0;0; ```

adam added the enhancement label 2026-01-05 14:48:32 +01:00

adam closed this issue

2026-01-05 14:48:32 +01:00

adam referenced this issue

2026-01-05 14:52:56 +01:00

[PR #142] [MERGED] chore(deps): bump serde_json from 1.0.79 to 1.0.81 #772

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Reference: starred/komorebi#142