I had the same issue in Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. Another situation to reproduce the problem is: on the keyboard, press the Calculator Button (keyboard shortcut). It'll open in background. I fixed this problem with the answer available at http://askubuntu.com/a/130349/154850. Hope to help someone else.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/781931 Title: New windows are moved to front but don't take focus Status in Compiz: Fix Released Status in Compiz 0.9.8 series: Won't Fix Status in Compiz Core: Confirmed Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: Invalid Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in Unity: Invalid Status in Unity 2D: Invalid Status in Unity Distro Priority: Fix Committed Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity-2d package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in compiz source package in Precise: Confirmed Status in nautilus source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in unity-2d source package in Precise: Won't Fix Bug description: Impact: sometime new dialog doesn't get the focus Test Case for the nautilus SRU: - open gedit, click in the text entry - click on nautilus on the launcher - check if the nautilus dialog got the focus or not Regression potential: nautilus could steal focus when it should not To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/781931/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
