# TotalFinder focussed tab unresponsive until tabs switched

**URL:** <https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-focussed-tab-unresponsive-until-tabs-switched/3804>\
**Category:** TotalFinder\
**Created:** [June 2, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-focussed-tab-unresponsive-until-tabs-switched/3804 "2015-06-02T09:51:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-focussed-tab-unresponsive-until-tabs-switched/3804/4 "2015-06-05T07:02:21Z")

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Please install the new beta and you should be no longer experiencing that problem:  
[http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/beta-changes#1.6.27](http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/beta-changes#1.6.27)

I have implemented a different mechanism under Yosemite. It was needed to fix this issue:

> [@\[RESOLVED\] File Moving/Copying UI BUG in 1.6.2x betas? (must to top area/outside of tab?)](http://discuss.binaryage.com/t/resolved-file-moving-copying-ui-bug-in-1-6-2x-betas-must-to-top-area-outside-of-tab/3810):
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> Before you read the bottom, more regression: In 1.6.17 I can move/copy files INTO (inside) the tab area and get move/copy focus even with “narrow tabs”. In 1.6.23(? where I first noticed) I must move the dragged files to the TOP EDGE of the tab (even outside the bounds of the tab!) or I do not get focus, feedback UI, or ability to move/copy. For an uninitiated user, it looks like below. Why did everything move 10-15 pixels UP for dragging/moving? I’ve regressed this in 1.6.17: I can MOVE f…

The new solution:  
Instead of defining tracking areas and keeping them updated, I observe all events coming to Finder windows. And depending on mouse position, I enable or disable Finder’s “mouse transparency”. This approach is more robust, because I don’t keep any state. I always act depending on actual situation and Finder cannot stay stuck in transparent state, because mouse activity will trigger re-evaluation.

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