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reclaimFocus (by u/TheHiddenHeathen) v1.0 as seen on: r/MacOS/comments/u7egn7/window_management_lack_of_consistency_drives_me
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// compile it with swiftc in terminal and then run output binary as shell script within BetterTouchTool. | |
import Cocoa | |
func reclaimFocus() { | |
let options = CGWindowListOption(arrayLiteral: CGWindowListOption.excludeDesktopElements, CGWindowListOption.optionOnScreenOnly) | |
let windowListInfo = CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo(options, CGWindowID(0)) | |
guard | |
let infoList = windowListInfo as NSArray? as? [[String: AnyObject]] else { | |
return | |
} | |
if let window = infoList.first(where: { ($0["kCGWindowLayer"] as? Int32) == 0 }), let pid = window["kCGWindowOwnerPID"] as? Int32 { | |
let app = NSRunningApplication(processIdentifier: pid) | |
app?.activate(options: .activateIgnoringOtherApps) | |
} else { | |
let finder = NSRunningApplication.runningApplications(withBundleIdentifier: "com.apple.finder") | |
finder[0].activate(options: .activateIgnoringOtherApps) | |
} | |
} | |
reclaimFocus() |
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