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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by srssays on Friday February 24, 2017 @08:05AM (#13723237)
Not entirely. For text fields and buttons, clicking them will usually work even if their window is in the background. But clicking them will also focus the background window.

If you don't want to focus the background window -- or you want to use an element that can't be used if the window is backgrounded -- then holding 'cmd' will pass the click through.

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by macintux on Friday February 24, 2017 @08:42AM (#13723529)
> If you don't want to focus the background window -- or you want to use an element that can't be used if the window is backgrounded -- then holding 'cmd' will pass the click through.

Whoa. I had no idea!

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by NTripleOne on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:35AM (#13723948)
>If you don't want to focus the background window -- or you want to use an element that can't be used if the window is backgrounded -- then holding 'cmd' will pass the click through.

Damn, is there any equivalent functionality (be it integrated or third party) for windows? I'd love to be able to run games in fullscreen exclusive mode without having them lose focus every time I want to look at a different chrome tab on my secondary display.

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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by steverb on Friday February 24, 2017 @11:00AM (#13724790)
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/2435/windows-10-...

Kinda. Just for scrolling apparently.

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