#379 feat: focus the message box when switching back to Carrier

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: kristofferR

Switching back to Carrier (Cmd/Alt+Tab, Dock, tray, global hotkey) left keyboard focus nowhere, so typing went nowhere until you clicked the message box. This was the top request in Goofy's tracker (danielbuechele/goofy#322).

With a conversation open, returning to the window now puts the cursor in the message box, using the same action as Cmd/Ctrl+L. It only takes focus when nothing meaningful holds it (the page body, or the chat row you clicked to open the conversation); search fields, dialogs and the media viewer keep their focus. New setting Focus Message Box on Return in General, on by default.

Native actions own focus instead: notification clicks, quick reply/like/mute, Dock or tray conversations and native shortcuts stamp themselves before they reveal the window or navigate, and return-focus stands down after one, when the conversation changed meanwhile, and until the page has loaded (actions that arrive during a load are held until it finishes).

Manual check still needed: switch away and back with a thread open, with search open, with the media viewer open, and by clicking a notification for a different conversation.

Ref [#359]

CodeRabbit reviews this change in the combined PR [#394].

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Originally posted by: kristofferR

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Reason: CodeRabbit reviews these changes once, in combined PR [#394]

Resume with crq unhold kristofferr/carrier 379.

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Ticket changed by: kristofferR

• status: open --> closed

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Originally posted by: kristofferR

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