Launcher loses focus when app opens.

[MyNameIsArko]

(1) Issue/Bug Description:

When launching app that have delayed window, for example discord, and having launcher opened makes it lose focus (unable to write anything in it), but stay on the screen. It need to be manually focused again with mouse or hit super to close it. Also opened app in not focused so you can't type anything in it.

(2) Steps to reproduce (if you know):

1. Launch discord and immediately launch launcher
2. Don't close launcher and wait for app to open
3. See that launcher lost focus but stayed on screen

(3) Expected behavior:

It should do one of the following:

• Stay focused all the time as it is the most important element right now (if user launched launcher it means he/she wants to do something with it)
• Close launcher

I think first option is much better in terms of user experience.

(4) Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):

NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="22.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

(5) Gnome Shell version:

42.1

(6) Pop Shell version (run apt policy pop-shell or provide the latest commit if building locally):

pop-shell:
  Installed: 1.1.0~1654621639~22.04~b299641
  Candidate: 1.1.0~1654621639~22.04~b299641
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.0~1654621639~22.04~b299641 1001
       1001 http://apt.pop-os.org/release jammy/main amd64 Packages
       1001 http://apt.pop-os.org/release jammy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

(7) Where was Pop Shell installed from:

With Pop!_Os installation.

(8) Monitor Setup (2 x 1080p, 4K, Primary(Horizontal), Secondary(Vertical), etc):

One laptop screen.

(9) Other Installed/Enabled Extensions:

Gsconnect

(10) Other Notes:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/47687092/173067995-14131cf7-2886-4540-9509-a007e89a6460.mp4

[n3m0-22]

I can confirm this is happening.

[Arigato-Scientisto]

yes it happens, fix this please.

[bkis]

Can confirm. This annoys me, too.
I might add that this happens for both native and Flatpak apps and has nothing to do with the opening app stealing focus when opening. Some apps do that (shame on those), but that's not what's happening here.

[jacobgkau]

We had another user (@KaKi87 below) ask about this in Mattermost; their use case is having auto-launching apps shortly after they log in, which is also when they're trying to use the launcher.

[KaKi87]

Hello, Any news on this ? Thanks

EDIT: sorry, I'm the other user Jacob mentioned, I didn't see his comment before posting mine 😅