DisplayFusion RSS: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932 DisplayFusion RSS: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:57:02 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932 RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#69 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:46:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#69 DisplayFusion Yep we have this on our list to look into, we'll let you know if we have any news on it going forward.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#68 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:52:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#68 DisplayFusion To anyone who sees this: after reading the previous message from Binary Fortress, I have made another test: I have reenabled the system tray on the taskbar and haven't lost focus on typing after 48 hours straight.

What did I do: I have disabled Steam, so it is not loaded automatically when Windows is loaded. If I want to play a game, I run Steam, play the game and afterwards I shutdown the game and Steam altogether. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#67 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:29:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#67 DisplayFusion To anyone who sees this. I can understand why you might suspect displayfusion, as it is a window manager. But let me let you know that it's not Displayfusion, it is most likely an electron app, that's running in the background, such as slack, discord, Xbox app. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#66 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:58:29 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#66 DisplayFusion What is your understanding at this point?

1. It is a bug, so you'll fix it
2. It is as it should be, by design, so it will stay as is ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#65 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 20:35:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#65 DisplayFusion Hm, that matches my observations. My first intention was that it is something with the Windows Notifications.
I found a ps script that monitors the Window focus and it made me aware of where the focus went. It was/is a Backround app that is closed to tray.
Looks like some Apps (in my case xsplit vcam) are not playing well with the DF tray. But disabling tray is way better than disabling the complete Taskbar. :D

Nice update, thanks for that. :) ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#64 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:19:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#64 DisplayFusion Two days straight without problem. No loss of focus while typing somewhere else.

It seems you've nailed it. What's the next step? ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#63 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:14:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#63 DisplayFusion Done.

Now, here, it is Tuesday, 16/Apr/24, 17:13 h UTC-4. I'll monitor my computer's behaviour for the next 48 hours and I post the result of your test here.

Thank you for now. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#62 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:59:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#62 DisplayFusion It's just to test :) ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#61 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:55:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#61 DisplayFusion If it does, it is no solution so I won't bother trying. I want it enabled because eventually I'll be working on an app running on full screen on display #1, therefore not allowing me to see the Taskbar System tray Icons on that display, so I would see the system tray icons on display #2.

...Unless you tell me that you want me to do that only as a test, to give you a clue on the issue. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#60 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:19:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#60 DisplayFusion If you right click an empty spot on your DisplayFusion taskbars and head to Multi-Monitor Taskbar > System tray Icons > Disabled, does that fix it up? ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#59 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:35:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#59 DisplayFusion ...And the annoyance goes on.

A few days ago, I imagined that it would already be working fine on my machine (Windows 11 Home) because, after all, several MS Hotfixes have been installed from the last time I tried to use DisplayFusion in the way I wanted to, which is why I paid for.

No deal.

I've had to disable that feature again. Back to the ordinary Windows taskbar.

It's clear that Binary Fortress definitely does not have any clue on why this annoyance happens. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#58 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:37:56 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#58 DisplayFusion This is also something bothering me. It feel like it was gone for some time but that might be just a feeling.
Anyway I also tried combinations of settings and still I did not find out how to bypass this behavior.

I would discribe it like: Some background process is stteeling the focus of my active Window maybe normally only for ms and normaly I guess the focus would be restored that fast I never recognized it. But with the DF Taskbar that focus retun does not happen or it is redirected to something like >NULL because I also did not find out where the focus is on when it was lost.

While disabling the DF Taskbar works as a workaround I would like to use it, becaus that a reason why I choose to use DF. :)

Having this issue during work is anoying but if it happens while running a game it turns into frustration very fast.
To workaround the Gaming issue I try to disable the DF Taskbar in the Borderless window script now. But that is not a real solution. So any Idea or help is welcome. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#57 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:12:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#57 DisplayFusion This is the 18th of July, 2023. I'm using Windows 11 Home 22H2. This very bug is happening to me. I'm glad I have just found this thread which explains exactly what I've been through for the last months.

I have just switched off DisplayFusion's taskbar and traded it for the lesser effective Windows 11 one. Hope this helps. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#56 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 10:43:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#56 DisplayFusion For anyone else experiencing a problem of your window losing focus, or your text becoming selected text when you take a pause from typing, I had these issues for months and although it was annoying I learned to live with it... that was until I finally found the culprit! If you type in your Windows search bar "Event Viewer", then expand "Custom Views" and select "Administrative Events", there should be a bunch of errors displayed, these errors are what's causing the focus to be redirected. If you select one, under "General" it gives the details to the error that is occurring. I copy and pasted that error message in Google and found out my problem was with a Broadcom driver. Yours could be something similar or the same thing, either way the solution was found with that Google search. In my particular case, all I had to do was uninstall the Broadcom driver, and boom! Problem Solved!! I hope this helps someone that is having similar issues as I was banging my head against the keyboard for months trying to figure this one out! God bless! ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#55 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:30:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#55 DisplayFusion We haven't been able to specifically find anything in DF that would fix this, but others have mentioned in the latest Windows 10 insider builds it no longer seems to be an issue, so hopefully the next Windows updates will fix it up :) ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#54 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:05:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#54 DisplayFusion Thank you for the information! We're a bit backed-up right now but we'll take a look as soon as we can and get back to you. Thanks! :) ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#53 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:42:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#53 DisplayFusion Hi guys !

Just for letting you now that I have the same random issue, and now that you pointed at the Xbox app I have to tell it would make sens. Personnaly when I'm writing on my second screen (on Steam, Discord or TweetDeck in my browser for exemple) the focus go randomly back to the app on my main screen. A fix in Windows 10/the Xbox app or Display Fusion would be very nice ! ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#52 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:44:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#52 DisplayFusion
Quote:
Quote:
So guys here is an Update.
I put my windows on the slowring see attached.
I got the xbox beta app running, and no issues.
I have had it running for several weeks/days now, and no issues anymore.


What was in the image, I have transcribed it out below.

Edition: Windows 10 Pro
Version: 2004
Installed on: 2/17/2020
OS build: 19041:113

So hopefully, in theory, the upcoming Anniversary update within the next couple months will include this fix. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#51 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:18:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#51 DisplayFusion I thought I'd follow up after finally working out what was causing my intermittent flickering windows, focus loss, and applications not responding. There were heaps of other random problems, crashes, errors and blue screens. I spent way too long assuming it was hardware or drivers or a rogue application.

The video I posted of the DisplayFusion settings shows the flickering in action but it had nothing to do with DisplayFusion.

This registry key existed but had no value.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\HungAppTimeout ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#50 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:50:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#50 DisplayFusion
Quote:
So guys here is an Update.
I put my windows on the slowring see attached.
I got the xbox beta app running, and no issues.
I have had it running for several weeks/days now, and no issues anymore.


What was in the image, I have transcribed it out below.

Edition: Windows 10 Pro
Version: 2004
Installed on: 2/17/2020
OS build: 19041:113 ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#49 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:06:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#49 DisplayFusion
Quote:
So guys here is an Update.
I put my windows on the slowring see attached.
I got the xbox beta app running, and no issues.
I have had it running for several weeks/days now, and no issues anymore.


None of us can see the thing you attached. Try putting the picture on Imgur or the like and share the link. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#48 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 19:57:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#48 DisplayFusion So guys here is an Update.
I put my windows on the slowring see attached.
I got the xbox beta app running, and no issues.
I have had it running for several weeks/days now, and no issues anymore. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#47 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:24:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#47 DisplayFusion @Nathan: If you exit the Xbox Beta app, do thos COM errors stop showing up? ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#46 Sat, 29 Feb 2020 17:42:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#46 DisplayFusion I'm getting a constant error that seem to happen when I get the re-focus issue:

Event ID 10016
The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239}
and APPID
{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}
to the user MyPC\Admin SID (S-1-5-21-1540865069-212541850-3187210981-1001) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_10.0.18362.449_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy SID (S-1-15-2-155514346-2573954481-755741238-1654018636-1233331829-3075935687-2861478708). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

Unsure if this means anything. ]]> RE: Window focus unexpectedly changing to another app while typing... https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#45 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:38:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/window-focus-unexpectedly-changing-to-another-app-while-typing/?ID=e5fc9266-dc54-4ada-b6fd-440379ac2932#45 DisplayFusion Deleted: My issue is not caused by DisplayFusion. ]]>