diff --git a/Sources/Ghostbar/App/AppDelegate.swift b/Sources/Ghostbar/App/AppDelegate.swift
index 1034a41..dcd9ee6 100644
--- a/Sources/Ghostbar/App/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Sources/Ghostbar/App/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
     }
 
     func menuWillOpen(_ menu: NSMenu) {
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
     }
 
     @objc func toggleChat() {
diff --git a/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/ChatWindow.swift b/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/ChatWindow.swift
index 73d4b55..f818d54 100644
--- a/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/ChatWindow.swift
+++ b/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/ChatWindow.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ChatWindow: NSObject, NSWindowDelegate {
 
         window = MovableWindow(
             contentRect: initialFrame,
-            styleMask: [.titled, .closable, .resizable, .miniaturizable, .fullSizeContentView],
+            styleMask: [.titled, .closable, .resizable, .miniaturizable, .fullSizeContentView, .nonactivatingPanel],
             backing: .buffered,
             defer: false
         )
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class ChatWindow: NSObject, NSWindowDelegate {
         window.standardWindowButton(.miniaturizeButton)?.isHidden = true
         window.standardWindowButton(.zoomButton)?.isHidden     = true
         window.level = .floating
+        window.isFloatingPanel = true
+        window.hidesOnDeactivate = false
         if shouldCenter { window.center() }
         window.isReleasedWhenClosed = false
         window.sharingType = .none
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ class ChatWindow: NSObject, NSWindowDelegate {
     }
 
     func showAndFocus() {
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
-        window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+        window.orderFrontRegardless()
+        window.makeKey()
         window.sharingType = .none
     }
 
diff --git a/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/MovableWindow.swift b/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/MovableWindow.swift
index 274cf9e..f558271 100644
--- a/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/MovableWindow.swift
+++ b/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/MovableWindow.swift
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import AppKit
 
-class MovableWindow: NSWindow {
+class MovableWindow: NSPanel {
     private var dragging = false
     private let headerHeight: CGFloat = 38
 
+    override var canBecomeKey: Bool { true }
+
     override func sendEvent(_ event: NSEvent) {
         let h = contentView?.frame.height ?? frame.height
         let inHeader = event.locationInWindow.y >= h - headerHeight
diff --git a/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/PrivateDropdown.swift b/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/PrivateDropdown.swift
index c97dedb..7940059 100644
--- a/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/PrivateDropdown.swift
+++ b/Sources/Ghostbar/UI/PrivateDropdown.swift
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class PrivateDropdown: NSObject, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate {
 
         panel = NSPanel(
             contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 250, height: 200),
-            styleMask: [.borderless],
+            styleMask: [.borderless, .nonactivatingPanel],
             backing: .buffered, defer: false)
         panel.sharingType = .none
         panel.backgroundColor = NSColor.controlBackgroundColor
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class PrivateDropdown: NSObject, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate {
             tableView.scrollRowToVisible(idx)
         }
         win.addChildWindow(panel, ordered: .above)
-        panel.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+        panel.orderFrontRegardless()
     }
 
     @objc private func rowClicked() {