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fix: detect iTerm2 hotkey window as focused on macOS #76

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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions src/focus.ts
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Expand Up @@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ function getMacOSActiveWindowId(): string | null {
}

function getMacOSFrontmostAppName(): string | null {
// Detect frontmost app regardless of activation policy
// (apps excluded from Dock and App Switcher)
const lsappinfo = execWithTimeout(
`lsappinfo info -only name \`lsappinfo front\` | sed 's/.*="\\([^"]*\\)".*/\\1/'`
)
if (lsappinfo) return lsappinfo

// Fallback to System Events if lsappinfo is unavailable
return execWithTimeout(
`osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to return name of first application process whose frontmost is true'`
)
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