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Focus Follows Mouse ​

Focus of the Terminal windows when the mouse cursor hovers over them. The focus change only works between the Terminal windows.

  • Tested on macOS:
    • Sonoma
    • Ventura
    • Monterey
  • Parameter type: bool

Set to false (default value) ​

By default, to switch between Terminal windows you should click on it or press on cmd + `.

bash
defaults write com.apple.Terminal "FocusFollowsMouse" -bool "false" && killall Terminal

Set to true ​

Focus follows the mouse cursor to any Terminal windows.

bash
defaults write com.apple.Terminal "FocusFollowsMouse" -bool "true" && killall Terminal

Read current value ​

bash
defaults read com.apple.Terminal "FocusFollowsMouse"

Reset to default value ​

bash
defaults delete com.apple.Terminal "FocusFollowsMouse" && killall Terminal