Keyboard input doesn't follow active window, when quickly swith between two workspaces back and forth.

[Saco93]

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Bug or Regression?

Bug

Description

Occasionally, when I navigate between workspaces, my keyboard inputs do not follow me but remain active in the last workspace I left. This issue occurs most frequently when I switch from a workspace containing a browser to one with a
terminal. Sometimes, the problem even arises within the same workspace when I switch between windows.

How to reproduce

Suppose I'm working with two workspaces( abbreviated as ws in this text).

In ws-1, I have a browser open, and in ws-2, there's a terminal. Currently, I'm in ws-2.

If I quickly switch to ws-1 and then immediately back to ws-2, all my keyboard inputs are mistakenly sent to the browser in ws-1. To resolve this and redirect my inputs back to the terminal in ws-2, I am forced to switch again to ws-1 and then back to ws-2, only then does the cursor respond in the terminal as expected.

p.s. The issue does not occur when the focus is on an input box in the browser.

Crash reports, logs, images, videos

No response

[Saco93]

Here's another issue that I believe may be related.
Previously, I used the command c_w=$(hyprctl activeworkspace -j | jq '.id') && hyprctl dispatch workspace 10 && swaylock && hyprctl dispatch workspace $c_w to lock my screen. This command was supposed to run swaylock in workspace 10 and wait for my input.
However, after an update last week, the command no longer responds to any input post-execution. To resolve this, I modified the command to include a sleep 1 delay, changing it to c_w=$(hyprctl activeworkspace -j | jq '.id') && hyprctl dispatch workspace 10 && sleep 1 && swaylock && hyprctl dispatch workspace $c_w.
With this adjustment, the command functions as it did before the update.

[Elizahone]

I have the same problem, I fixed it by install the latest version (hyprland-git), but my waybar and pyprland crashed, fortunately, they can be fixed by install latest version too

[yantene]

I seem to be experiencing a similar issue in my environment.
Initially, I thought it might be a problem with IM (Fcitx or Mozc), but it appears to indeed be an issue with the active window.

I'm leaving this comment so that others who might think it's a Fcitx issue can find this issue through search.

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I used to think as mentioned above, but it seems I might have had another issue.

The following issue could be related.

#5815

[sungyoonc]

#5763 It is already fixed in git.

You can either

• Downgrade fcitx5
• or use hyprland git version for now

[joker1007]

Thank you so much!!

I was very troubled by the same problem. The workaround solves it!