From 172f3563f753353f13e9d6cec88f4c28f66987eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:28:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Implement focus switching (focus left/right) for floating
 windows

Fixes: #475
---
 src/tree.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index 240c22a6..3f0705fc 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -421,13 +421,36 @@ static bool _tree_next(Con *con, char way, orientation_t orientation, bool wrap)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (con->type == CT_FLOATING_CON) {
-        /* TODO: implement focus for floating windows */
-        return false;
-    }
-
     Con *parent = con->parent;
 
+    if (con->type == CT_FLOATING_CON) {
+        /* left/right focuses the previous/next floating container */
+        if (orientation == HORIZ) {
+            Con *next;
+            if (way == 'n')
+                next = TAILQ_NEXT(con, floating_windows);
+            else next = TAILQ_PREV(con, floating_head, floating_windows);
+
+            /* If there is no next/previous container, wrap */
+            if (!next) {
+                if (way == 'n')
+                    next = TAILQ_FIRST(&(parent->floating_head));
+                else next = TAILQ_LAST(&(parent->floating_head), floating_head);
+            }
+
+            /* Still no next/previous container? bail out */
+            if (!next)
+                return false;
+
+            con_focus(con_descend_focused(next));
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            /* up/down cycles through the Z-index */
+            /* TODO: implement cycling through the z-index */
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /* If the orientation does not match or there is no other con to focus, we
      * need to go higher in the hierarchy */
     if (con_orientation(parent) != orientation ||