This used to be the normal behavior for me:
- I have a Chrome window A open
- The focus is in another program window B
- I bring up Alfred and type Chrome
- Chrome is the first result, selected by default
- I hit Enter and…
- The focus goes to the already-opened Chrome window A
That's the same as doing Command-Tab if there are only two windows open, each of a different applications. This is how I'd like it to behave.
Now I don't know what I did wrong to make this change (or if it was me at all), but this is what happens now:
- I have a Chrome window A open
- The focus is in another program window B
- I bring up Alfred and type Chrome
- Chrome is the first result, selected by default
- I hit Enter (nothing different so far) and…
- A new Chrome window C gets opened behind program window B
- Focus remains on program window B
This doesn't happen with Firefox, for example, where the expected behavior continues working.
Best Answer
I had this same exact issue, and checked for a MacOS update and didn't have one. It turned to be fixed with a Chrome update.