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Preserve frontmost app focus for chat overlay
pankaj-raikar Aug 13, 2026
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Remove comments from focus changes
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion Sources/Ghostbar/App/AppDelegate.swift
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Expand Up @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
}

func menuWillOpen(_ menu: NSMenu) {
NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
}

@objc func toggleChat() {
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions Sources/Ghostbar/UI/ChatWindow.swift
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Expand Up @@ -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
)
Expand All @@ -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
Expand All @@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ class ChatWindow: NSObject, NSWindowDelegate {
}

func showAndFocus() {
NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
window.orderFrontRegardless()
window.makeKey()
window.sharingType = .none
}

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Sources/Ghostbar/UI/MovableWindow.swift
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@@ -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
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Sources/Ghostbar/UI/PrivateDropdown.swift
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Expand Up @@ -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
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tableView.scrollRowToVisible(idx)
}
win.addChildWindow(panel, ordered: .above)
panel.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
panel.orderFrontRegardless()
}

@objc private func rowClicked() {
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