Disabling the "Use startup notification" option (right click on the desktop icon > Properties > Launcher) resolves the focus behavior for all the applications which I have tested.
Can you please file a report on the Xfce bug tracker to inform the upstream developers? I suggest that you file it against xfdesktop which seems to trigger the problem in the first place. https://bugzilla.xfce.org/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396716 Title: New Windows Launched From Desktop Don't Receive Focus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfwm4/+bug/1396716/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
