Question Choosing an active window by just moving the mouse pointer over it

[tablespoon]

Hello, on Unix systems, we can just move the mouse pointer on any window on the screen to auto select it. On Windows 10, I have to move the mouse pointer to a window of interest. Then, click on it to select it. Is there any way to make Windows 10 to behave like Unix system? Perhaps with a third party app?

 

[Ajay]

Try this (works in Win11)

Turn On or Off Activate Window by Hovering Over with Mouse Pointer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus. If wanted, you can turn on to...

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[mindless1]

This feature has been around since at least Win7.

 

[tablespoon]

Try this (works in Win11)

Turn On or Off Activate Window by Hovering Over with Mouse Pointer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus. If wanted, you can turn on to...

www.elevenforum.com

Thanks. Is there any way to make the switching faster? Currently there is a short pause.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Thanks. Is there any way to make the switching faster? Currently there is a short pause.

-I think it's a response in that same thread (although the ask is to make the switching slower). Play around with it, maybe setting Ms to 0 means immediate switching?

Change Time to Activate Window by Hovering Over with Mouse Pointer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the timeout to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus. If you turn on Activate a...

www.elevenforum.com

 

[mindless1]

Change Mouse Hover Time in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse hover time for an auto select or open event for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11. The mouse hover time is the time in milliseconds that the mouse pointer has to stay hovered over an item before an event happens...

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Relevant registry key shown in above linked topic.

I prefer a short pause, gives me hover time to put the mouse at the border of one window to resize it, get the mouse precisely there, before it goes a pixel past the window and puts the window next to it, in front of it... makes more difference when working with more than one window on screen at a time, if you want them different sizes. There are also mouse hover height and width settings (in pixels) that can help, are also shown on above link. The higher the resolution of your monitor, the more likely you'll want to increase the height and width #'s.

 

[tablespoon]

-I think it's a response in that same thread (although the ask is to make the switching slower). Play around with it, maybe setting Ms to 0 means immediate switching?

Change Time to Activate Window by Hovering Over with Mouse Pointer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the timeout to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus. If you turn on Activate a...

www.elevenforum.com

Thanks. 0 and the default 500 feels the same to me.

 

[mindless1]

^ Maybe try a value besides 0 like 50? I assume you rebooted.