Well, you don't need to have window-picker-applet running to make the
launcher work. I just assumed you were using window-picker-applet. The
problem is the there is a level of focus-loss-prevention built in to the
window managers which makes some dialogs (and sometimes main windows)
open without focus. In other cases, it's a matter of milliseconds where
the window manger thinks that you've activated another window in the
time the application registered and showed its own window, and therefore
the WM doesn't bring the new window to the front.
The reason window-picker-applet fixes this is that it tries to replicate
the behaviour of Matchbox Window Manager, in that every new window
should be given focus (which works well for netbooks, where it doesn't
help to have windows opening behind other windows). Ideally this should
be a window-manager option (and it is in Compiz), but window-picker-
applet is meant to work across all wms, and therefore implements this
behaviour itself.
That said, the launcher has code to do the same and obviously it isn't
working so I'm marking this as confirmed setting the milestone for
1.2.0.
** Also affects: netbook-remix-launcher
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: netbook-remix-launcher
Importance: Undecided => High
Assignee: (unassigned) => Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Status: New => Confirmed
Target: None => 1.2.0
** Changed in: netbook-launcher (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Status: New => Confirmed
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After launching app that starts with a dialog, focus not on that dialog
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333389
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