[bug] can't create non focused window on MacOS

[thewh1teagle]

Describe the bug

I use latest tauri from dev And I try to create non focused (minimized) window on MacOS in tauri.conf.json -> windows[0] I set focus to false but when the app opens in MacOS the window is focused instead of being in background / minimized. The same happens as well with dynamic created windows with focused(false).

Reproduction

    "windows": [
      {
        "fullscreen": false,
        "height": 600,
        "resizable": true,
        "title": "app",
        "width": 800,
        "label": "main",
        "focus": false // still focused and not minimized on launch
      }
    ]

or

WebviewWindowBuilder::new(&app, "second", tauri::WebviewUrl::External(Url::from_str("https://github.com".into()).unwrap())).focused(false).build().unwrap(); // still focused and not minimized on execute

Expected behavior

Newly created window should be non focused (minimized?)

Full tauri info output

app npx tauri info
WARNING: no lock files found, defaulting to npm

[✔] Environment
    - OS: Mac OS 14.2.1 X64
    ✔ Xcode Command Line Tools: installed
    ✔ rustc: 1.75.0 (82e1608df 2023-12-21)
    ✔ cargo: 1.75.0 (1d8b05cdd 2023-11-20)
    ✔ rustup: 1.26.0 (5af9b9484 2023-04-05)
    ✔ Rust toolchain: stable-aarch64-apple-darwin (default)
    - node: 18.19.0
    - npm: 10.2.3

[-] Packages
    - tauri [RUST]: 2.0.0-beta.8
    - tauri-build [RUST]: 2.0.0-beta.6
    - wry [RUST]: 0.37.0
    - tao [RUST]: 0.26.1
    - tauri-cli [RUST]: 1.5.9
    - @tauri-apps/api : not installed!
    - @tauri-apps/cli [NPM]: 2.0.0-beta.1

[-] App
    - build-type: bundle
    - CSP: unset

Stack trace

No response

Additional context

Looks like an issue in tao, it happens there as well.

[omerdn1]

@amrbashir Any chance we could get this issue looked at or any workarounds we can apply for now? This bug is detrimental to our app.

[amrbashir]

There is no workaround that I know of atm, I also don't have access to a macOS to help with these issues

[alexfgreen]

We're also running into this issue while trying to implement a floating overlay window that shouldn't steal keyboard focus. We've tried:

1. Setting focus: false in the config as mentioned
2. Experimenting with custom NSPanel implementations (via tauri-nspanel)
3. Attempting to create a custom panel class to override canBecomeKeyWindow

Our specific use case is creating a floating overlay that remains non-interactive with keyboard input while visible. Has there been any progress on this? We're happy to help test potential solutions.

[Arvmor]

bumping this.

also tried the said settings with extra:

always_on_background(true) always_on_top(false)

but still it focuses regardless.

would there be a solution somewhat align below?:

       window_event(|e| {
            if e == Focused {
                 *de focus*
            }
       }