One Hundred Papercuts

Applications should open on the virtual desktop from which they were launched.

Bug #389463 reported by gaston
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Metacity
New
Unknown
One Hundred Papercuts
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I would like to switch to another virtual desktop and launch an application, then switch back to the previous desktop to continue working while the application launches so that it does not steal focus from my workflow when it finally starts.

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ShawnJGoff (shawnjgoff) wrote :

I've seen this reported elsewhere, but cannot find it.

summary: - Desk start application
+ Applications should open on the virtual desktop from which they were
+ launched.
description: updated
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in metacity:
status: Unknown → New
Vish (vish)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
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A. Tombol (atombol) wrote :

this bug is pretty much the same:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172687
the owner or a maintainer should consider marking it as a duplicate

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Vish (vish) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 172687 , so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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