Defer the focus commands

sway/commands.c

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static struct cmd_handler handlers[] = {
 	{ "exec_always", cmd_exec_always },
 	{ "floating_maximum_size", cmd_floating_maximum_size },
 	{ "floating_minimum_size", cmd_floating_minimum_size },
+	{ "focus", cmd_focus },
 	{ "focus_follows_mouse", cmd_focus_follows_mouse },
 	{ "focus_wrapping", cmd_focus_wrapping },
 	{ "font", cmd_font },
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ static struct cmd_handler command_handlers[] = {
 	{ "border", cmd_border },
 	{ "exit", cmd_exit },
 	{ "floating", cmd_floating },
-	{ "focus", cmd_focus },
 	{ "fullscreen", cmd_fullscreen },
 	{ "kill", cmd_kill },
 	{ "layout", cmd_layout },

sway/commands/focus.c

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ static struct cmd_results *focus_output(struct sway_container *con,
 }
 
 struct cmd_results *cmd_focus(int argc, char **argv) {
+	if (config->reading || !config->active) {
+		return cmd_results_new(CMD_DEFER, NULL, NULL);
+	}
 	struct sway_container *con = config->handler_context.current_container;
 	struct sway_seat *seat = config->handler_context.seat;
 	if (con->type < C_WORKSPACE) {