--+ allows automatically focusing back to the previous client --> on window close (unmanage) or minimize. local awful = require("awful") local get_client_info = require("machina.methods").get_client_info -------------------------------------------------------------------> methods ; function backham(c) local s = awful.screen.focused() local back_to = awful.client.focus.history.get(s, 0) local active_region = get_client_info(c).active_region if not (active_region and client.floating) and back_to then client.focus = back_to back_to:raise() end end --------------------------------------------------------------------> signal ; client.connect_signal("property::minimized", backham) --+ attach to minimized state client.connect_signal("unmanage", backham) --+ attach to closed state