[xmonad] normal (rather than greedy) view: disable screen-focus switching?

[Lara Michaels]

Dear all,

Following the FAQ I have disabled greedy view, so that when I ask xmonad to show a workspace on a screen that is currently visible (on a different screen) the two workspaces don't get toggled. This works very well for me, but I would prefer if xmonad would NOT switch the focus to the other screen when I do so.

Did this make any sense? What I mean is that if

- the two screens are currently displaying workspaces 1 (on the left) and 2 (on the right)
- I have the focus on the left-hand-side screen on my desk
- I ask xmonad to take me to workspace 2 [which is already being shown on the other screen]

I would like xmonad to do absolutely nothing. Using normal view as indicated in the FAQ, this behavior makes xmonad switch focus to the right-hand-side screen (where workspace 1 is being displayed).

If there is a snippet of Haskell code I can use to do this, that would be amazing.

Many thanks for any help! : )
~l

[w***@seas.upenn.edu]

Post by Lara Michaels
Following the FAQ I have disabled greedy view, so that when I ask
xmonad to show a workspace on a screen that is currently visible (on
a different screen) the two workspaces don't get toggled. This works
very well for me, but I would prefer if xmonad would NOT switch the
focus to the other screen when I do so.

There may be a contrib module for this. I don't know. In any case,
some untested code follows:

isVisible w ws = any ((w ==) . tag . workspace) (visible ws)
lazyView w ws = if isVisible w ws then ws else view w ws

You can then use lazyView exactly as you would use view or greedyView
(it should have the same type). Good luck,
~d