[Bug 57585] New: Make UseTakeFocus default to N on Linux, so games can accept input when refocused

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57585

Bug ID: 57585
           Summary: Make UseTakeFocus default to N on Linux, so games can
                    accept input when refocused
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: winex11.drv
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

To reproduce the problem:

1. On Linux (e.g. KDE5 with X11), start a game or fullscreen app (e.g. Among Us
or Bad North Jotunn Edition, but you can find many games with the same problem)

2. Once the game has opened and is fullscreen, use Alt-Tab to switch to another
app

3. Now switch back to the game.

4. The game now ignores mouse and keyboard input!

To fix it, kill the game, then run:

wine reg add 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver' /t REG_SZ /v
UseTakeFocus /d N /f

Now try the above steps again. It has likely fixed the problem!

Because the problem is so common, please consider making the above fix the
default setting on Linux. Hopefully it will benefit more users than it
inconveniences.

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The problem and solution have been mentioned here:
-
https://askubuntu.com/questions/299286/how-to-recover-focus-after-losing-it-...
- https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47929
- https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48121
- https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37393
- https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56073