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Xfce / xfwm4 doesn't offer focus stealing prevention.


Settings -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Focus -> Activate focus stealing prevention

https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/-/blob/master/settings-di...


The option is there, it just never works: opensnitch-ui will popup and steal focus. Any gog installer (ran via wine) will steal focus when install finishes, and so on and on and on.




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