GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 732762
New window opens in background
Last modified: 2021-07-05 14:23:30 UTC
Whether I launch an application from terminal or whether I use the search box to launch an application, most of the times the application window launches in the background with a notification saying that the newly launched application is ready. This bug is similar to this 2008 bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513281 Over the years several changes have been made to Gnome that solutions given on this older bug link don't work anymore. How should I completely disable the annoying notification that "a particular app is ready" and instead directly receive the opened window to come in the foreground. I have already tried gnome-shell-extension-stealmyfocus-master from GitHub but that does not work. I'm using gnome 3.10.4. Please help me get out of this annoying default behavior of Gnome because who will launch a window based (GUI based) app from terminal or search box with the intention of not using that window immediately. If the window does not appear immediately that goes against the spirit of GUI. No "notification" should come between the user and a GUI application.
In case Gnome facilitates app developers to launch their GUI applications in the background there should be a user setting to override that kind of behavior.
For example, opening a file in Nautilus with Archive Manager launches Archive Manager in the background. How should I make Archive Manager automatically come to the foreground like good old days?
*** Bug 732824 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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