When opening/showing files and archives windows launch silently and don't foreground

[Cefn]

A number of interactions, such as clicking on the PCManFM symbol in lx-panel, opening an archive, or asking to show files from within Chromium-browser or file-roller will ostensibly launch a new window which is expected to be foregrounded.

However, if PCManFM or file-roller are already running, then nothing seems to happen at all. Actually a window has launched, but the only indication is by flashing of a dock icon. If your dock is autohidden, you don't really see anything at all.

Preferably, when you demand something imperative of the system such as 'show files' or 'open an archive', then it should do this visibly, with a foreground window. Having to go hunting for the window in the stack to find out where your command is happening is a difficult interaction.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: lubuntu-core 0.48
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 4 19:29:00 2013
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

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