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Force Focus on Program/App/Window #36245

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gosling0186 opened this issue Dec 6, 2024 · 0 comments
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Force Focus on Program/App/Window #36245

gosling0186 opened this issue Dec 6, 2024 · 0 comments
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Idea-New PowerToy Suggestion for a PowerToy Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams Product-Always On Top Refers to the idea of a Always on Top Powertoy

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gosling0186 commented Dec 6, 2024

FORCED FOCUS

Similar to enabling Always On Top, there could be an option to force Windows to 'focus' on a window of an app or a browser.

This might be part of the options in Always On Top or its own separate feature.

Scenario when this would be used?

Specifically, the scenario is caused by a program I am using called Protopie (PP, for short) and its extension Protopie Connect.

PP is a digital prototyping tool for HMI. PP Connect allows you to connect to Arduino or even XBOX hardware.

Trouble is, in Windows-based machines, universal input monitoring doesn't exist apparently. So, if the PP Connect app window becomes un-focused for some reason, the connection to external hardware is effectively lost, and in-browser prototypes stop responding.

In however it might manifest, this request is a workaround to allow for what the Input Monitoring similar to Macs readily provides.

Supporting information

https://www.protopie.io/learn/docs/connect/getting-started

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-input-monitoring-on-mac-mchl4cedafb6/mac

@gosling0186 gosling0186 added the Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams label Dec 6, 2024
@TheJoeFin TheJoeFin added Idea-New PowerToy Suggestion for a PowerToy Product-Always On Top Refers to the idea of a Always on Top Powertoy labels Dec 19, 2024
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