Focus Follows Mouse

A small desktop-only plugin that makes focus follow the mouse between panes in Obsidian's main workspace.

Install

1. Close Obsidian, or leave it running and reload plugins after copying.
2. Copy this folder (focus-follows-mouse) into your vault's: .obsidian/plugins/
3. Make sure the folder contains manifest.json and main.js directly.
4. In Obsidian open Settings → Community plugins and enable Focus Follows Mouse.
5. If it does not appear, use Reload app without saving from the command palette, then enable it.

Behaviour

• Moving the pointer into a main workspace pane activates that pane after 80 ms.
• Moving back into the other pane activates it in the same way.
• The plugin does not activate panes in the left/right sidebars just because the pointer passes over them.
• Use the command Toggle focus follows mouse to temporarily turn the behaviour on or off.

The delay reduces focus flicker when moving the split divider. This plugin uses Obsidian's documented workspace leaf and setActiveLeaf APIs.