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undesired focus changes to second monitor with "Workspaces on Primary Display Only"
(1) Issue/Bug Description:
I am working with "Workspaces on Primary Display Only". When moving between workspaces often focus lands on the window on the auxiliary display that is quite undesired.
Having workspace "isolated" more to the given display would give much better user experience.
(2) Steps to reproduce (if you know):
- Set workspaces as follows
- Have two monitors
- Create few workspaces and populate with windows (also auxiliary monitor)
- Switch between workspaces
Note: the focus may land on the most recently used window (I think that's the case?) so maybe to reproduce one need to focus on window on auxiliary monitor, go to another workspace, do something on main monitor and then change workspace back.
(3) Expected behavior:
Focus stays in within dynamic workspaces having auxiliary monitor not accidentally focused.
(4) Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):
cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="22.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os
(5) Gnome Shell version:
Whatever comes with above currently,
apt policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
Installed: 42.0-2ubuntu2pop1~1651659368~22.04~0a5841a
Candidate: 42.1-0ubuntu0.1pop1~1652791059~22.04~477d96d
Version table:
42.1-0ubuntu0.1pop1~1652791059~22.04~477d96d 1001
1001 http://apt.pop-os.org/release jammy/main amd64 Packages
*** 42.0-2ubuntu2pop1~1651659368~22.04~0a5841a 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
42.0-2ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
(6) Pop Shell version (run apt policy pop-shell or provide the latest commit if building locally):
$ apt policy pop-shell
pop-shell:
Installed: 1.1.0~1652463555~22.04~034fb14
Candidate: 1.1.0~1652994129~22.04~0358b15
Version table:
1.1.0~1652994129~22.04~0358b15 1001
1001 http://apt.pop-os.org/release jammy/main amd64 Packages
1001 http://apt.pop-os.org/release jammy/main i386 Packages
*** 1.1.0~1652463555~22.04~034fb14 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
(7) Where was Pop Shell installed from:
PopOS
(8) Monitor Setup (2 x 1080p, 4K, Primary(Horizontal), Secondary(Vertical), etc):
Dell XPS 7590 + external Dell monitor
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 4480 x 1440, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+2560+360 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.97 59.96 59.93
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1600x1024 60.17
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 59.99 59.94 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1440x900 59.89
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1440x810 60.00 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1360x768 59.80 59.96
1280x800 59.99 59.97 59.81 59.91
1152x864 60.00
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
1024x768 60.04 60.00
960x720 60.00
928x696 60.05
896x672 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
800x512 60.17
700x525 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 60.02
720x450 59.89
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
684x384 59.88 59.85
680x384 59.80 59.96
640x400 59.88 59.98
576x432 60.06
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
512x384 60.00
512x288 60.00 59.92
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
320x180 59.84 59.32
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-8 connected primary 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm
2560x1440 59.95*+
2048x1080 60.00 24.00
1920x1080 60.00 50.00 59.94
1600x1200 60.00
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1152x864 75.00
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1024x768 75.03 60.00
800x600 75.00 60.32
720x576 50.00
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 75.00 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
DP-1-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
(9) Other Installed/Enabled Extensions:
(10) Other Notes:
This seems to be a problem with gnome, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/640805/gnome-shell-multi-desktop-changes-focus-to-other-screen (which also has suggested workaround).
FYI: I've also been annoyed by this for a very long time :disappointed:
I am also experiencing this problem, and it makes me annoyed several times a day!
Try deactivating the "Mouse Cursor Follows Active Window" setting in Extensions > pop-shell settings
Try deactivating the "Mouse Cursor Follows Active Window" setting in Extensions > pop-shell settings
Yes it works. If you are switching to a workspace that has only a window in the external monitor than the focus is in the external monitor and il will affect the switching to another workspace.
If you are switching to a workspace that has only a window in the external monitor than the focus is in the external monitor and il will affect the switching to another workspace.
Sorry, I'm not sure I know what you mean. For me, deactivating the follow behavior has no effect on focused windows only on external displays. The cursor remains where it is before and after switching workspaces, as I would expect.
I'm facing the same issue. It annoys me because I really use workspaces on the main screen. The secondary screen is there just to display info that I need across all my workspaces. For example a documentation page or some youtube podcast.
I'm trying to figure out how the focus is stolen by the window on the secondary display when I change the workspace, but no luck until now. Anyway if manage figuring a fix I'll propose a PR, but I don't promise anything as I just start getting used with PopShell code base and typescript as a language.
Came here from a google search and I have this problem in Debian 12 as well, i guess it's gnome shell related. Would be happy if someone found a fix this is super annoying, makes me want to unhook my spare monitor.
I +1 this, i'd really love to be able to have a setting for that at least. Workarounds are not really much more practical either since it teleports your mouse and even when going on an empty workspace, the mouse still goes on the app open on my second monitor.
For me it was one of these 'move focus' options
Edit: I didnot realize this was pop-os repo. I am on Ubuntu 18.04 but
As a reference, this is a known bug in gnome-shell https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/742
Yeah this is a GNOME issue as I've had it on different computers running GNOME, each using different distros. My workaround for it is using gnome-tweaks application to change the window focus mode to mouse and just keep my mouse on my workspaces monitor.
