wmctrl -a or -R does not give focus to window if mouse is outside window

[Oliver R.]

wmctrl 1.07 running on Linux Mint 18 Xfce (Ubuntu 16.04) with Xfce 4.12.1-2

wmctrl -a WindowName
raises the window, but does not give focus if the mouse pointer is outside the window area. Same with -R.

Xfce is configured to give focus to the window under the mouse pointer:
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/click_to_focus -s false
But in the Xfce version shipped with Linux Mint 13 Xfce, wmctrl gave the focus to the window with WindowName anyway.

[Oliver R. (oliverr)]

Workaround:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/click_to_focus -s true ; wmctrl -R WindowName ; xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/click_to_focus -s false

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.