From 0099a4e549e985b29844eadcf993c521eeb11516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: howard-stearns <howard.stearns@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:23:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow hand controller operations when Interface doesn't have
 focus, but ONLY when in hmd.

---
 scripts/system/controllers/handControllerPointer.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerPointer.js b/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerPointer.js
index 5bb8ea8a90..fb256413ae 100644
--- a/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerPointer.js
+++ b/scripts/system/controllers/handControllerPointer.js
@@ -471,7 +471,12 @@ function update() {
     if (!Menu.isOptionChecked("First Person")) {
         return off(); // What to do? menus can be behind hand!
     }
-    if (!Window.hasFocus() || !Reticle.allowMouseCapture) {
+    if ((!Window.hasFocus() && !HMD.active) || !Reticle.allowMouseCapture) {
+        // In desktop it's pretty clear when another app is on top. In that case we bail, because
+        // hand controllers might be sputtering "valid" data and that will keep someone from deliberately
+        // using the mouse on another app. (Fogbugz case 546.)
+        // However, in HMD, you might not realize you're not on top, and you wouldn't be able to operate
+        // other apps anyway. So in that case, we DO keep going even though we're not on top. (Fogbugz 1831.)
         return off(); // Don't mess with other apps or paused mouse activity
     }
     leftTrigger.update();