This section focuses on Qubes-specific customizations. For generic AwesomeWM customizations you might want to have a look at the [AwesomeWM website](https://awesomewm.org).
Starting from Qubes 4.0 application menu entries specific to AwesomeWM can be put into `~/.config/awesome/xdg-menu/` following the freedesktop standard. The folder might have to be created.
The default Qubes OS AwesomeWM installation comes with the defaults set by the AwesomeWM developers for focus changes. Some users may want more tight control over window focus changes - especially since focus changes can have security implications when sensitive data is provided to an incorrect application or even qube.
* windows shouldn't be able to maximize themselves without the user giving a respective command to the WM (simple test: Firefox F11 next to another window)
* windows shouldn't be able to change their size themselves
* windows shouldn't be able to modify their borders in any way
Users may want to adjust their definitions and respective implementations according to their needs.
The implementation may be specific to the AwesomeWM version you're running. This guide refers to AwesomeWM version 3.5.9 which is available to Qubes 4.0 users.
In order to customise these, you can copy the file `/usr/share/awesome/lib/awful/autofocus.lua` to e.g. `~/.config/awesome/autofocus_custom.lua` and replace the line above with `require("autofocus_custom")`.
Then you can customise the focus behavior. According to our above definitions it would look as follows:
```lua
---autofocus_custom.lua
local client = client
local screen = screen
local aclient = require("awful.client")
local atag = require("awful.tag")
--- When loaded, this module makes sure that there's always a client that will have focus
-- on events such as tag switching, client unmanaging, etc.
-- awful.autofocus
-- Give focus when clients appear/disappear and no one else has focus.
-- @param obj An object that should have a .screen property.
function check_focus(obj)
-- When no visible client has the focus...
if not client.focus or not client.focus:isvisible() then
local c = aclient.focus.history.get(obj.screen, 0)
if c then client.focus = c end
end
end
-- Give focus on tag selection change.
-- @param tag A tag object
function check_focus_tag(t)
local s = atag.getscreen(t)
if not s then return end
check_focus({ screen = s })
if client.focus and client.focus.screen ~= s then
local c = aclient.focus.history.get(s, 0)
if c then client.focus = c end
end
end
--made above functions global & removed some focus switches below (user interaction required instead)
in the default _rc.lua_ may cause tag and thus focus changes without keyboard interaction and tend to happen accidentally. This doesn't suit our definition from above and should therefore be removed or commented out.
##### Adjust client rules
The default client rule allows certain focus changes via `focus = awful.client.focus.filter`. These changes can be prevented entirely by setting `focus = false`.
Alternatively users may provide their own focus filter functions.
##### Disable sloppy focus
In your _rc.lua_ you'll find a section such as
```lua
-- Enable sloppy focus
c:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function(c)
if awful.layout.get(c.screen) ~= awful.layout.suit.magnifier
and awful.client.focus.filter(c) then
client.focus = c
end
end)
```
These enable _sloppy focus_ aka focus changes on mouse movements (without clicking) and should be removed or commented out to disable that behaviour.
##### Ignore requests from applications to the window manager
Handling of such requests is currently mostly implemented by AwesomeWM in the file `/usr/share/awesome/lib/awful/ewmh.lua`. You can either comment out the respective `client.connect_singal()` lines in that file (it will change back after each AwesomeWM update though) or disconnect the signals in your _rc.lua_.
As of AwesomeWM 3.5.9 this however is apparently only possible for signals connected to global functions, i.e. currently only the below signals can be disconnected in the _rc.lua_:
