Add Send Click To Another Window Without Losing Focus as a Mac TIL

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+- [Send Click To Another Window Without Losing Focus](mac/send-click-to-another-window-without-losing-focus.md)
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mac/send-click-to-another-window-without-losing-focus.md

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+# Send Click To Another Window Without Losing Focus
+
+This is a fun trick for MacOS -- you can `Cmd+Click` on a window that is out of
+focus to send a click to that window without transitioning focus from the
+current window to that one. Put another way, you can click-through on an
+inactive window without changing the active window.
+
+Let's say I have my [logseq](https://logseq.com/) notes window focused. In the
+background is a Chrome window that I'm referencing as I type notes. However
+there is a pop up obscuring the Chrome window. Typically to dismiss that pop up,
+I'd have to click on Chrome once just to transition focus to Chrome. Then I
+would have to click the `x` to dismiss the pop-up. Then I would have to click
+back on the logseq window to transition focus back to it.
+
+Instead, I can hold down `cmd` as I click on the `x` in Chrome. The click will
+get sent through to Chrome dismissing the pop up and logseq will remain the
+focused window. That's one click instead of three.
+
+I wish I could remember where I learned this trick so that I could give credit.
+I have a feeling it might have been [Justin Searls](https://justin.searls.co/)
+though. And I unfortunately cannot find any official Apple documentation on
+this.
+
+One thing to note is that while this will probably work across most apps, I
+believe it can be overridden by certain apps that implement custom UIs.