I wrote a little tool for OS X to alleviate a constant pain point for me, the lack of click through on multi-monitor setups. You know how when you have an application in the background on OS X, you have to click the application once (to give focus), then click again to do something? This annoys me to no end on my multi-monitor setup, because I can see the thing I want to click on, but I have to click it twice to make it register.

XClickThrough solves this problem by capturing your click, figuring out what you were clicking on, setting that application front most, then clicking on the target element for you.

If you’re interested in being an early adopter, download XClickThrough here and let me know what you think in the comments section. Note that on Mavericks, you’ll have to check the box in the new Accessibility Security & Privacy settings to give the app permission to capture your clicks.

This first version is an early alpha, but it’s solving the problem and seems to work well on my MBPR.

Update: I’m not maintaining XCT anymore. I wrote this because I like diving into the deep end to pick up new skills, but I’ve had my fun and I’m on to new stuff. It’s open source, so hack away if you’re interested.