Ubuntu – Disable new windows auto opening in background window Skype contact list, Home folder, etc. How to open them in foreground? Best Answer Me too I suffered from app window shyness. I found how to fix it, though. get compizconfig-settings-manager Press Alt+F2 and type ccsm click on "General Options" Select the "Focus and Raise Behaviour" tab Check "Auto-raise" and set "Focus Prevention" level to Off That fixed things up for me. Hope it does for you as well. Related SolutionsUbuntu – How to get a list of all open windows in the command line You can use wmctrl to get a list of all open windows. You will first need to install it. sudo apt install wmctrl Then you can just run the command. wmctrl -l 0x0080006a -1 localhost panel 0x0180007c 0 localhost Mozilla Firefox 0x02600007 3 localhost user@localhost: /home/user - Shell - Konsole 0x00600011 1 localhost KTorrent 0x02200007 0 localhost user@localhost: /home/user - Shell - Konsole 1 2 3 4 The columns: The window ID. This is used for the [#i -i] switch. The desktop ID. It begins counting at 0. -1 means that window is on all desktops. Used with [#d -d] and more. The client machine The name (long title) of the window. Used with [#r -r] mostly, and can be renamed with [#N -N] and [#T -T]. More examples: wmctrl-examples Related QuestionUbuntu – How to get a list of all open windows in the command line
Best Answer
Me too I suffered from app window shyness. I found how to fix it, though.
get
compizconfig-settings-manager
Press Alt+F2 and type
ccsm
click on "General Options"
Select the "Focus and Raise Behaviour" tab
Check "Auto-raise" and set "Focus Prevention" level to Off
That fixed things up for me. Hope it does for you as well.