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Leos313
Asked: 2020-10-17 01:36:28 +0800 CST

Keeping windows in the foreground while operating on others? (i.e., not changing windows' focus)

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Is there a way of keeping in the foreground windows while I operating on others?

I am using now XUbuntu. However, I am interested also in canonical Ubuntu.

The trick was working on XUbuntu 16.04 (One of my colleagues did it for me on my old laptop and now I have no idea about the keywords to look for to replicate the behavior). Now I am using XUbuntu 18.04 and 20.04 on the two workstations I have.

window-manager xubuntu window-management

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  1. Best Answer

    I found the option in -> Window Manager -> Focus -> desable the option Automatically give focus to newly created windows. Following a screenshot for more details:

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    The solution works for Xubuntu (version >= 16.04) but also can gives some useful keywords for other linux-based distribution

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