Variable: rotate-windows-change-selected

rotate-windows-change-selected is a customizable variable defined in window-x.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

If nil the selected window will not change with rotate-windows.

The selected window before and after the function call will stay unchanged if nil. rotate-windows-back is also affected.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/window-x.el.gz
;;; window-x.el --- Extra window related commands  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Pranshu Sharma <pranshu@bauherren.ovh>
;;         Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
;; Keywords: window, convenience
;; Package: emacs

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;;; Commentary:

;; This file defines less frequently used window organization commands.

;;; Code:

(defcustom rotate-windows-change-selected t
  "If nil the selected window will not change with `rotate-windows'.

The selected window before and after the function call will stay
unchanged if nil.  `rotate-windows-back' is also affected."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'windows)