Re: Cancel minibuffer when clicking another window

Joost Kremers <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi list,

Hi Joost,

> When Emacs reads input in the minibuffer (i.e., with `read-from-minibuffer`
> or `completing-read`, etc.) and you click some other window with the mouse,
> that window is selected, but the minibuffer input isn't cancelled.

I regard this as a feature. Sometimes, I need more information before
typing in the minibuffer. This is a convenient way to retrieve that information.

> Is there a way to automatically cancel the minibuffer input when clicking
> another window?

We might add this if it isn't possible yet. But pls, no automatical
cancel. It must be configured by a user, whether this shall happen.

> I've been trying with `mouse-leave-buffer-hook` and by adding advice before
> `mouse-set-point`, with various functions (`keyboard-quit`,
> `minibuffer-keyboard-quit`, `abort-minibuffers`, `abort-recursive-edit`),
> but either nothing happens, or I get an error "not in a minibuffer"...

Usually, I click in the minibuffer, and type C-g. This is almost
sufficient for my workflow.

> TIA

Best regards, Michael.