[vim/vim] remove wayland focus stealing feature (PR #19984)

Foxe Chen

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Apr 15, 2026, 11:38:49 AM (5 days ago) Apr 15

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Resolves #18795. This feature is pretty much broken and I don't see any good reason for keeping it. Since we have the clipboard provider feature, this feature can be implemented using wl-clipboard (which I guess has a more reliable focus stealing method):

vim9script

def Available(): bool
    return executable("wl-copy") == 1 && executable("wl-paste") == 1
enddef

def Copy(reg: string, type: string, str: list<string>): void
    var args: string = "wl-copy"

    if reg == "*"
        args ..= " -p"
    endif

    system(args, str)
enddef

def Paste(reg: string): tuple<string, list<string>>
    var args: string = "wl-paste --type text/plain"

    if reg == "*"
        args ..= " -p"
    endif

    return ("", systemlist(args))
enddef

v:clipproviders["wl_clipboard"] = {
    available: Available,
    copy: {
        "+": Copy,
        "*": Copy
    },
    paste: {
        "+": Paste,
        "*": Paste
    }
}

set clipmethod=wl_clipboard

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Commit Summary

3f12fad remove wayland focus stealing feature

File Changes

(21 files)

M runtime/doc/builtin.txt (2)
M runtime/doc/options.txt (4)
M runtime/doc/various.txt (3)
M runtime/doc/wayland.txt (48)
M runtime/optwin.vim (4)
M src/Makefile (14)
M src/auto/configure (60)
M src/auto/wayland/Makefile (22)
D src/auto/wayland/protocols/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml (225)
D src/auto/wayland/protocols/xdg-shell.xml (1415)
M src/clipboard.c (378)
M src/config.h.in (3)
M src/configure.ac (20)
M src/evalfunc.c (7)
M src/feature.h (7)
M src/option.h (3)
M src/optiondefs.h (7)
M src/testdir/test_wayland.vim (76)
M src/version.c (5)
M src/wayland.c (279)
M src/wayland.h (71)

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Christian Brabandt

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19984)

Thanks, let me put this alternative into the docs, in case anybody is relying on the focus-stealing feature

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Closed #19984 via d0b6ee3.

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