Second window comes into focus first

[animeshkrishnabulusu]

I have a simple config with three windows. I have set focus: true for the first window to show upon loading a new session. Instead of the first, second window opens up.

session.yaml

session_name: daily
windows:
  - window_name: default
    focus: true
    layout: main-horizontal
    options:
      main-pane-height: 4
    panes:
    - shell_command:
      - watch acpi --thermal
    - shell_command:
      - task
  - window_name: projects
    start_directory: ~/projects
    panes:
    - shell_command:
      - ls
  - window_name: prog
    layout: main-horizontal
    panes:
    - shell_command:
      - py3
    - shell_command:
      - node

What is wrong with my configuration?

Version information:

tmuxp 1.3.5
tmux 2.6
Debian Testing

[laixintao]

+1 same issue here.

It seems like tmuxp ignore focus and focus window6 randomly.

[Alrefai]

I have the same issue, too.

[pjrulez]

Try with "- " in front of focus: 'true'.
This is an example of the beginning of my .yaml file until the end of 1st window configuration:

session_name: OMG
start_directory: /home/pj
windows:
- focus: 'true'
  layout: 814f,190x48,0,0{95x48,0,0,0,94x48,96,0[94x24,96,0,1,94x23,96,25,2]}
  options:
    automatic-rename: 'off'
    monitor-activity: 'off'
    remain-on-exit: 'on'
  panes:
  - focus: 'true'
    shell_command:
    - l.
  - screenfetch
  - fortune | cowsay
  window_name: TERM

After this configuration for next window begind with - layout: and follows the same blueprint ending with window_name: X

Been just playing around, testing and it works fine on my side.

[laixintao]

No, it didn't work:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/bin/tmuxp", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(cli.cli())
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 722, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 697, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 895, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tmuxp/cli.py", line 602, in command_load
    load_workspace(config[-1], **tmux_options)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tmuxp/cli.py", line 290, in load_workspace
    sconfig = config.trickle(sconfig)
  File "/Users/laixintao/.local/venvs/tmuxp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tmuxp/config.py", line 360, in trickle
    for paneconfig in windowconfig['panes']:
KeyError: u'panes'

[Ilyes512]

Focusing does not seem to work for me either. This is an example that I have (except for replacing the names):

session_name: work
windows:
  - window_name: Proxy
    start_directory: ~/Code/acme_docker/proxy
    panes:
      - docker-compose up
  - window_name: Satis
    start_directory: ~/Code/acme_docker/satis
    panes:
      - docker-compose up
  - window_name: Postal
    focus: true
    layout: even-horizontal
    start_directory: ~/Code/acme/postal-service
    panes:
      - docker-compose up
      - focus: true
  - window_name: FoobarService
    layout: even-horizontal
    start_directory: ~/Code/acme/foobar-service
    panes:
      - docker-compose up
      -
  - window_name: ProjectUnkown
    layout: even-horizontal
    start_directory: ~/Code/acme/unkown.project.nl
    panes:
      - docker-compose up
      -
  - window_name: ProjectZero
    layout: even-horizontal
    start_directory: ~/Code/acme/zero.project.nl
    panes:
      - docker-compose up
      -

When I execute the above it opens the window named ProjectUnkown instead of the one with the focus parameter. My tmux start counting from 1 instead of 0 so that might be the reason it did not open the last. (window 1 to window 6 instead of window 0 to window 5)

[anselmos]

/cc @tony PTAL - I might debug this and if I find what is wrong with it, try to fix it and create PR, but give me a hint if it's something that you already worked on or not ?

[tony]

@anselmos Go ahead and give it a shot. This is an open issue

[rightaway]

Works for me when focus is set on the pane, but doesn't have any effect when set on the window.

[jgb]

I confirm that even today with the newest version of tmuxp that focus works on panes, but has no effect on windows.

[ashdo]

i've fixed some typos and focus works for me
https://github.com/tmux-python/tmuxp/pull/473/files

[Blake-LeBlanc]

Thank you for looking into this @ashdo! It's still not working on my end when I follow the formatting example offered in the documentation (similar to @animeshb's example).

Is there anything further we can try to remedy the issue?