I do not believe this was ever the default behavior. The FvwmAuto module will do this though. Try adding '+ I Module FvwmAuto 300' (the 300 is the delay in ms after you focus the window) to your StartFunction.
Mark On Wed, Jan 29, 2025, at 3:20 PM, Lucio Chiappetti wrote: > I have just updated a laptop from (X)ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 and this > resulted in an update of fvwm from 2.6.8 to 2.7.0 > > I have noticed a change of behaviour (with the same .fvwrc). I am > expecting focus following mouse movement. On 2.6.8 when I move the mouse > into a partially obscured window, it gets focus and is raised to the top. > > On 2.7.0 it gets focus but it not raised until I click on the title bar or > borders. > > Not sure which option did what I liked in 2.6.8, I suspect one of > > ColormapFocus FollowsFocus > Style * SloppyFocus > > Has it changed in 2.7.0 ? > Is there a new option to reinstate the old behaviour ? > > Thanks > > -- > Cosi' per li gran savi si confessa / Che la Fenice muore e poi rinasce, / > Quando al cinquecentesimo anno appressa. (Dante, Inferno, XXIV, 106-108) > Thus the great wise testify / That the Phoenix dies and is born again, / > When the five-hundredth year gets close.
