From ead584a578704d7d66c02a29d480a5ad17311541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:09:32 +0200 Subject: mu4e-headers: avoid showing up in the wrong frame Don't switch buffers for background searches, that might show up in the wrong frame. This hopefully helps for #2766. --- mu4e/mu4e-headers.el | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el b/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el index 28c0dc2..408b120 100644 --- a/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el +++ b/mu4e/mu4e-headers.el @@ -820,9 +820,11 @@ Switch to the output buffer for the results." list-buffers-directory expr) (mu4e--modeline-update)) - ;; when the buffer is already visible, select it; otherwise, - ;; switch to it. - (unless (get-buffer-window buf (if mu4e--search-background 0 nil)) + ;; For interactive searches, display the buffer if not already visible; for + ;; background (auto-update) searches, never switch buffers as that can pop + ;; up the headers buffer in the wrong frame. #2766. + (when (and (not mu4e--search-background) + (not (get-buffer-window buf))) (mu4e-display-buffer buf t)) (run-hook-with-args 'mu4e-search-hook expr) (mu4e~headers-clear mu4e~search-message) -- cgit v1.0