Mission Control: switching spaces and focus on multiple monitor setup

[colmaclean]

This one's a long-term annoyance for me, I just wonder if someone has a solution.

I'm running the same applications (Chrome, Terminal, IntelliJ etc.) on multiple monitors each in their own spaces.

If I activate Mission Control and select a space on another monitor, the space appears full screen on the monitor but focus remains with the application in the previous monitor.

This gets annoying if you quickly switch to another space and automatically start typing without first also clicking in the new space.

I can't see any option to automatically focus on the new space in the System Prefs. Also Cmd-Tab doesn't work as I have the same application in multiple monitors, so it just gets confused.

Any advice gratefully received!

 

[MacGizmo]

Apple has gone backward in this regard, haven't they?! First, they kill the usefulness of Spaces, then start making what's left completely useless.

Have you tried using one of the 3rd party apps? I used to use TotalSpaces and it was very good.