Focus command no longer works in macOS sonoma

[katarinaslama]

System Information

Serenade Version: v2.0.2

OS and Version: macOS 14.3 (and previous Sonoma versions)

Application: focus command: I use ITerm, VSCode, and Chrome

Issue Description

After updating to macOS Sonoma, the focus command no longer works. It will sometimes bring the correct application to the front, but it does not actually focus it. Many times it doesn't work at all. It works the worst with focus VSCode. The launch command can replace focus for Chrome and iTerm, but this does not work for VSCode.

Matt says:
Here’s the underlying library that gets triggered, and likely where the fix needs to be:
https://github.com/serenadeai/driver

There’s a test for focus here that would confirm it’s in this library:
https://github.com/serenadeai/driver/blob/master/test/focus.js

How to Reproduce

Download serenade on macOS Sonoma and try focusing between applications.

[DeFiFoFum]

I'm dealing with the same issue.

[gregnavis]

I'm dealing with the same issue. However, after pulling the driver repo and building it by running yarn, I am able to focus windows via node test/focus.js code.

[qredwoods]

C++ contribution opportunity. See PR#19 in 2021 to fix mac Focus issues. (by @tmacwill, any leads on this new focus issue?) Per reviewed changes, mac.cpp and mac.hpp were modified, may be where fix lies this time.

[dfrench12]

In case it's helpful for reproducibility for when it works and doesn't work, I narrowed it down to the following for me: The focus command only works for me when Serenade itself is the currently focused app. Except for I can focus to Serenade if it's not in focus. i.e. "focus Serenade, focus [other app]" always works for me.