noinitialfocus not working on electron apps

[Flix3r]

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Regression?

I don't know, I started using Hyprland only recently

System Info and Hyprland Version

System/Version info

Hyprland 0.47.2 built from branch  at commit 882f7ad7d2bbfc7440d0ccaef93b1cdd78e8e3ff  (version: bump to 0.47.2).
Date: Sun Feb 2 00:47:17 2025
Tag: v0.47.2, commits: 5767
built against:
 aquamarine 0.7.2
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.5.0
 hyprcursor 0.1.11
 hyprgraphics 0.1.2


no flags were set


System Information:
System name: Linux
Node name: flix3r
Release: 6.13.3-arch1-1
Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:42:11 +0000


GPU information: 
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650] [10de:2188] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
05:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Solid State Storage Technology Corporation CL1-3D256-Q11 NVMe SSD M.2 [1e95:9100] (rev 03) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX Open Kernel Module for x86_64  570.86.16  Release Build  (archlinux-builder@)  


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Description

The noinitialfocus window rule does not work on electron apps. I have tried it on Spotify, Vesktop, and caprine.

How to reproduce

1. Add windowrulev2 = noinitialfocus, <some_electron_app> to your hyprland.conf.
2. Open the electron app.
3. See it instantly getting focused.

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Checklist of files to include below

• Hyprland config - hyprctl systeminfo -c (always include)
• Crash report (always include in case of crash)
• Video (always include in case of a visual bug)
• Logs (might contain useful info such as errors)

Additional info & File uploads

hyprland_config_dump.txt
hyprland.log

[nnyyxxxx]

seems to be working for me, perhaps you are moving your mouse while the application is being launched?

[nnyyxxxx]

https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Variables/#input

there are a lot of things here that could cause window focus to happen

notable example:

[Flix3r]

No, I don't even have the workspace it launches on open.

[nnyyxxxx]

I think this might be a dupe of #9365 then?

No, I don't even have the workspace it launches on open.

[Flix3r]

I don't think so, as the cursor also jumps to where the new window opened

EDIT: Nevermind, I think the window opens at the cursor instead

[nnyyxxxx]

So basically:

You spawn a window
The window is set to spawn on another workspace that was specifically specified
the window receives focus even if noinitialfocus is specified in your config
and you are brought to the workspace where the spawned window is

Am I correct? or am i misunderstanding this issue

going based off of this:

No, I don't even have the workspace it launches on open.

[Flix3r]

Correct.

[nnyyxxxx]

Alright, #9586 will fix this issue