win.blur() returns focus to the previous window on the OS level, but this does not occur if the previously focused window was a sibling window.

[Nantris]

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Issue Details

• Electron Version: 7.1.10
• Operating System: Windows 7 & Windows 10 (Build 1803) (Confirmed working macOS 10.13.6 / Mint 19)
• Last Known Working Electron version: Unknown, but I think this has never worked on Windows after encountering several related issues (see below) and examining my code - I had implemented a workaround for this since at least Electron@3.

Expected Behavior

Calling win.blur() will return focus to the previously focused window

Actual Behavior

If the previously focused window is part of the same Electron application, upon win.blur() the user will have no window focused.

To Reproduce

1. Create two BrowserWindows (allow remote module for simplicity)

• WinA can be empty
• In WinB include <button onclick="remote.getCurrentWindow().blur()>Blur</button>

2. Focus WinA
3. Click Blur in WinB

Press some OS level hotkey to affect the window, either closing, minimizing, etc - it will fail. Of course webContents is also not focused, but for simplicity's sake.

Additional Information

Seems very likely related to #20464 and #19977

[dpilarsk]

Did you test on macOS ? Because I seem to have the same problem on Electron 7.1.10 too

[Nantris]

I did test macOS and Linux with that version of Electron and had no issues. What version of macOS?

[dpilarsk]

With macOS Catalina

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[Nantris]

Interesting. Please do mention the exact version if you can (as per the issue template, which I know you can't see just leaving a comment - in my case 10.13.6)

In any event, it doesn't look like this issue is going to get any attention.

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[Nantris]

Still an issue in 11.3.0.

[Nantris]

Still an issue in 11.4.7.

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Also window.blur() in development now focuses the Windows taskbar rather than any previously focused window. This is equivalent to clicking an empty area in the taskbar. In both situations Tab will cycle through taskbar controls. I don't think this used to happen, but perhaps that's my imagination.

[Profnird]

To make easy me I did make use of node-notifier to take care of my alerts and notifications. Using alert seems to bring problems at data entry points!. So I will advise for now one should make use of a third-party notifier like (node-notifier) which makes use of the native windows notification system at least thats a lot nicer. you just have to send your notification msg to the ipc main from your ipc renderer then boom there you go !!

[Nantris]

Still an issue on Windows in 13.6.0. Works fine on Linux.

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[Nantris]

Not fixed to my knowledge, but I don't have an updated repro available right now.

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[Nantris]

I don't believe this is fixed but I don't have a repro. I somehow missed the stale notification. This seems possibly related to #19977.