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On 14/10/2022 16:58, Eliot Moss wrote:
> Dear Cygwiners -
> 
> I am having an issue under Windows 11 where new windows, when spawned 
> from the command line of (say) Cygwin bash or WSL2 bash come up *behind* 
> current Windows.  This behavior seems new to Windows 11. Anybody know a 
> setting or technique to control / change this?  Two examples:
> 
> - Spawn Word from Cygwin bash
> - Spawn okular from WSL 2
> 
> If I spawn xterm from Cygwin bash, it comes up in front, but from WSL2 
> bash, it comes up behind.  My X server is the Cygwin one.  Happy to 
> provide more details if this is not enough.

I have seen something like this on occasion with windows created by the 
Cygwin X server, but that seems to be associated with having "focus 
follows mouse" mode turned on.

I'm not sure if that os some problem in the way that the X server 
manages the Z-order of it's windows, or something about the way that the 
X server creates windows interacting with any 'focus stealing 
prevention' heuristic that windows has (See 'ForegroundLockTimeout').

Your first example doesn't seem to involve X at all, so I guess that 
points towards the second theory...


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