From b69f5f4b5ffe7cd28e2f194e1a9086748087f013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louis Pontoise <lwouis@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 19:26:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: prevent flickering when switching to a previewed window

(closes #2432)
---
 src/logic/Window.swift |  4 ++++
 src/ui/App.swift       | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/logic/Window.swift b/src/logic/Window.swift
index 5a6668e5..f3a8683a 100644
--- a/src/logic/Window.swift
+++ b/src/logic/Window.swift
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class Window {
         } else if let bundleID = application.runningApplication.bundleIdentifier, bundleID == App.id {
             App.shared.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
             App.app.window(withWindowNumber: Int(cgWindowId!))?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+            Windows.previewFocusedWindowIfNeeded()
         } else {
             // macOS bug: when switching to a System Preferences window in another space, it switches to that space,
             // but quickly switches back to another window in that space
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ class Window {
                 _SLPSSetFrontProcessWithOptions(&psn, self.cgWindowId!, SLPSMode.userGenerated.rawValue)
                 self.makeKeyWindow(psn)
                 self.axUiElement.focusWindow()
+                DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .milliseconds(50)) {
+                    Windows.previewFocusedWindowIfNeeded()
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/App.swift b/src/ui/App.swift
index be5f3a1d..a6de7f33 100644
--- a/src/ui/App.swift
+++ b/src/ui/App.swift
@@ -109,13 +109,15 @@ class App: AppCenterApplication, NSApplicationDelegate {
         App.shared.terminate(self)
     }
 
-    func hideUi() {
+    func hideUi(_ keepPreview: Bool = false) {
         debugPrint("hideUi")
         appIsBeingUsed = false
         isFirstSummon = true
         MouseEvents.toggle(false)
         hideThumbnailPanelWithoutChangingKeyWindow()
-        previewPanel.orderOut(nil)
+        if !keepPreview {
+            previewPanel.orderOut(nil)
+        }
         hideAllTooltips()
     }
 
@@ -205,12 +207,14 @@ class App: AppCenterApplication, NSApplicationDelegate {
     }
 
     func focusSelectedWindow(_ selectedWindow: Window?) {
-        hideUi()
+        hideUi(true)
         if let window = selectedWindow, !MissionControl.isActive() {
             window.focus()
             if Preferences.cursorFollowFocusEnabled {
                 moveCursorToSelectedWindow(window)
             }
+        } else {
+            previewPanel.orderOut(nil)
         }
     }