prefix+g — Focus the selected region without moving the window

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prefix+g jumps focus to the current window of the selected region. It does not move / resize / fullscreen anything. It also moves the mouse cursor onto that window’s title bar.

Default chord: g · Config key: focus_region · Change in Settings → Hotkeys → Region operations

Trigger flow

1. press prefix+q N        ← you must select a region first, otherwise silent
2. press prefix+g          ← focus + mouse jumps to region N's window

One-shot: prefix+q → g → digit selects that region and runs this action immediately (see prefix+q).

How it differs from other “jump focus” actions

Action	Moves window	Fullscreen	Mouse position
`prefix+f`	Yes (rotates to the next one)	Inherits	Unchanged
`prefix+z`	Yes (maximize or restore)	Toggles	Unchanged
`prefix+g`	No	No	Moves to the target’s title bar
Alt+Tab	No	No	Unchanged

prefix+g is for “I’m watching a video on display A; press prefix+g to jump focus to the IDE on display B” — keep the visual layout but switch input focus. The mouse follows to the title bar so apps that need hover (Office toolbars, browser address bar) show their interactive state correctly.

Rejection conditions

prefix+g is stricter than other region actions — it does not fall back to region 0:

Situation	Behavior
No selected_region	Silently refused (you must `prefix+q N` first)
selected_region has no window in that slot	Silent
The window is already dead	Silent
No layout currently available	Silent

If you want to “focus region 0 no matter what”, do it in one chord: prefix+q → 0 → g (selects region 0 and focuses it immediately).

Interaction with the system focus-stealing protection

Windows refuses external focus stealing under certain conditions (shortly after startup, when the active app is unresponsive, when a UAC prompt is showing, etc.) and only flashes the window’s taskbar icon. If you hit this, click the desktop or the gmux Settings window first to reset focus, then press prefix+g.