Comment #28 on issue 4 by a...@animux.de: Separate focus for tiled and floating layers http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=4 Works for me, too! But i have a similar problem with the following layout: gimp = withIM (0.11) (Role "gimp-toolbox") $ reflectHoriz $ withIM (0.15) (Role "gimp-dock") tabbed When focusing one of the windows that are not tabbed (the gimp-toolbox or the dock) the focus in the tabbed area changes. It is nearly impossible to use it with more than one window opened in the middle.

Comment #30 on issue 4 by liskni.si: Separate focus for tiled and floating layers http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=4 Thanks a lot for that patch Adam! It works great. There's just one small thing: if the focus goes from the floating layer to tiling by deleting a floating window, it's again the master window that gets focus, not the remembered window.