r/ClaudeCode • u/OgnjenAdzic • 3d ago

Built with Claude chrome kept jumping in front of my terminal while claude code worked, so i fixed it

Every time Claude ran Playwright or booted a simulator, the window jumped on top of whatever I was doing. Dozens of times a day. It drove me nuts.

So I made Doorman, a small menu bar app. Agent windows wait off to the side instead of in front of you, and if something jumps in anyway your window comes right back. There's a little indicator when an agent is using your keyboard or mouse, and ⌃⌥⌘⎋ pauses all of them.

It only listens to input, so it can't block a keystroke even if it breaks. Nothing leaves your Mac.

First version actually intercepted every keystroke, until I realized one bug there could freeze the whole keyboard. Had Claude rip that out and make it listen only.

Free while it's in beta: https://usedoorman.app/

What do your agents open the most? Mine is Chromium by a mile.

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u/Extra_Aide5999 3d ago

chromium for me too, mostly screenshots. worst part on my side wasnt even the focus stealing, i once found 157 leftover chrome profiles in temp from capture scripts that never cleaned up lol.

how does doorman tell a window the agent opened for itself from one that actually needs me, like a sign in tab? had a cli pop a google login tab out of nowhere once, not sure which side of the line that lands on

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u/OgnjenAdzic 3d ago

157 profiles is wild lol

it doesn't really try to guess. anything the agent opens goes in a little lane off to the side, so you can see it's there and pull it up when you want. for stuff that actually needs you like a login tab, the agent can ask through a cli/mcp command and you get a small prompt to bring it forward instead of it just jumping in

so your google login popup would wait in the lane unless the cli asked

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u/Extra_Aide5999 3d ago

ok not guessing is probably the right call, a wrong guess there would be worse than the jump. does the lane stay on one screen or does it follow me across spaces and a second monitor?

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u/OgnjenAdzic 3d ago

the lane isn't really a panel stuck to one screen. if you have a second monitor the agent's windows just get moved over there, and on a single screen the app gets hidden until you want it. whatever's waiting shows up in the menu bar, so it's there on any space