getmouselocation doesn't modify window stack, why not?

[alaricljs]

I have a macro and I am trying to work around a Java bug with 'focus follows mouse' Basically The focus doesn't always follow the mouse. For the macro to work I am expecting the output to land on the window that is under the mouse so I tried getmouselocation but it doesn't modify the window stack for some reason. It returns the window ID, but that can't be used w/ search. Using the window id for send doesn't work either for your own noted reasons.

Can getmouselocation be made to set the window stack? On the other hand, why is it a random scattering of commands that can use a window id and not all of them?

[jordansissel]

Having getmouselocation set the window stack is a lovely idea!

On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, alaricljs notifications@github.com wrote:

I have a macro and I am trying to work around a Java bug with 'focus
follows mouse' Basically The focus doesn't always follow the mouse. For
the macro to work I am expecting the output to land on the window that is
under the mouse so I tried getmouselocation but it doesn't modify the
window stack for some reason. It returns the window ID, but that can't be
used w/ search. Using the window id for send doesn't work either for your
own noted reasons.

Can getmouselocation be made to set the window stack? On the other hand,
why is it a random scattering of commands that can use a window id and not
all of them?

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#118

[emanuele6]

I would like this too.

Mainly to be able to use xdotool getmouselocation windowunmap windowmap.
Also, I expected this to work, but it didn't so, in my opinion, this is what one would expected.

[jordansissel]

Following up -- I ran into this today. For a workaround, I'm doing this until we have this command modify the windowstack:

eval "$(xdotool getmouselocation --shell)"

xdotool windowactivate $WINDOW

[jordansissel]

#322 addresses this.