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rayandrews

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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Registered: 2011-12-30

Posts: 179

[Solved] apps open in wrong terminal

Gentlemen:

I normally have two or more xfce terminals open on each of my two monitors.  When I'm in one of them and open an app, say "$ geany", it will open on/in some other terminal on some other desktop, seemingly at random,  most of the time.  I don't recall that behavior in 4.10, but it's routine in 4.12.  It's very annoying, I have to grab geany and drag it to be on top of the terminal from which it was launched. Can that be fixed?  Naturally, I'm playing with it as I write this, and everything is well behaved ;-)

Last edited by rayandrews (2015-09-08 14:39:25)

Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 853

Re: [Solved] apps open in wrong terminal

Not sure if this is what you mean, but take a look at Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Focus tab, and try clicking the radio button for "Bring window on current workspace"

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rayandrews

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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Registered: 2011-12-30

Posts: 179

Re: [Solved] apps open in wrong terminal

I've fiddled with those settings but can't find anything that works.  Basically, whenever I open an app, I want it to open in/over the same terminal where I launch it from.

Jerry3904

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Registered: 2013-11-09

Posts: 853

Re: [Solved] apps open in wrong terminal

I don't have a second monitor to test with, but how about Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Placement tab, click to place by default windows under the mouse pointer.

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MX-23 (based on Debian Stable) with our flagship Xfce 4.18.

rayandrews

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From: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Registered: 2011-12-30

Posts: 179

Re: [Solved] apps open in wrong terminal

It seems I have to untick "Use startup notification" . Now all is well.  It wasn't an issue with 4.10 either way.