From dbb5dc350b374a369c12b1f41c761f8aaadb3b29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Lohaus <lohausgregor@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 03:30:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] grap focus on launch

---
 src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
index ed6d313..e7464e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gregor/jprototerm/Main.java
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ public final class Main extends Application {
         // to honour, so place it on the screen under the mouse pointer instead.
         centreOnActiveScreen(stage, config.windowWidth(), config.windowHeight());
         stage.show();
+        // Ask the window manager to raise and focus the new window so the user can type right
+        // away; the canvas requestFocus() below only routes events within the scene.
+        stage.toFront();
+        stage.requestFocus();
         compositor.canvas().requestFocus();
     }