Allow disabling sloppy focus for certain clients (e.g. password prompts)

signals.lua

@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@ local beautiful = beautiful
 
 
 client.connect_signal("manage", function (c)
-    --c:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function(c)
-    --    if awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= awful.layout.suit.magnifier
-    --        and awful.client.focus.filter(c)
-    --        and not(
-    --            client.focus ~= nil
-    --            and client.focus.class == "jetbrains-idea"
-    --            and c.class == "jetbrains-idea"
-    --            and client.focus.type == "dialog"
-    --        ) then
-    --        client.focus = c
-    --    end
-    --end)
-
     -- Set the windows at the slave,
     -- i.e. put it at the end of others instead of setting it master.
     -- if not awesome.startup then awful.client.setslave(c) end
@@ -28,9 +15,22 @@ client.connect_signal("manage", function (c)
     end
 end)
 
+local fixed_clients = {
+    -- action search and similar windows in IDEA
+    { rule = { name = "", class = "jetbrains-idea", type = "dialog" } },
+    -- password inputs
+    { rule = { class = "Pinentry-gtk-2" } },
+}
+
+local function may_lose_focus(c)
+    if c ~= nil then return true end
+    return not awful.rules.matches_list(c, fixed_clients)
+end
+
 -- Enable sloppy focus, so that focus follows mouse.
 client.connect_signal("mouse::enter", function(c)
-    if awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= awful.layout.suit.magnifier
+    if may_lose_focus(client.focus)
+        and awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= awful.layout.suit.magnifier
         and awful.client.focus.filter(c) then
         client.focus = c
     end