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Ailurus

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Registered: 2011-05-19

Posts: 42

Selecting inactive window by clicking through semi-transparent window

Is it possible to select an inactive window that's behind a semi-transparent window (i.e. it is still visible)? As example, consider the following setting. Small inactive window (music player) in the background, on top of that a full-screen inactive window (internet browser) and on top of that an active small window (terminal). Inactive windows are semi-transparent on my system, so the music player is still visible since it's behind the semi-transparent browser window (provided the terminal doesn't completely overlap it of course). It would be very useful if I could select the music player by clicking *through* the browser window in some way.

Last edited by Ailurus (2014-11-04 11:32:04)

Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 863

Re: Selecting inactive window by clicking through semi-transparent window

I use Alt-Tab to do this, but don't know of a way to do it with a mouse except clicking on the window.

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Ailurus

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Registered: 2011-05-19

Posts: 42

Re: Selecting inactive window by clicking through semi-transparent window

I use Alt-Tab to do this

Yes, I use Alt + Tab as well (I actually don't have the "Window Buttons" item in my panel), but in some cases it could be faster to select a certain window directly. In addition, this would be a really nice feature of using semi-transparent (inactive) windows