Zoom should stop stealing focus when joining a call or when someone shares their screen.

especially when it happens 4+ times because you get the call (steals focus), you answer the call (steals focus), you are put in the waiting room (steals focus), and then you are admitted to the meeting (steals focus). And then it steals focus again whenever anyone shares their screen.

I cannot for the life of me understand why its an option to turn this off for phone calls but not video calls.

Just to add, this is not only frustrating, but also dangerous because of keyboard shortcuts. The command associated to the shortcut can end up being received by Zoom instead of the intended application.

I find it incredible that in 2024, this long-requested option has not been added yet.

Yes, this is infuriating. For my job I have to attend many online meetings which I am not an active participant of. These meetings often include multiple in-meeting polls for the committees and it pulls focus from other items I’m working on while listening to the meeting. The only way I have to prevent this is to use my phone instead of my computer. This has been a reported issue and concern to Zoom for YEARS with no resolution.