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--- linux:terminal-focus [2026/04/27 13:44] – Wuff
+++ linux:terminal-focus [2026/04/27 13:55] (current) – Wuff
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 ====== Terminal focus ======
-On Linux mint 22.3 the terminal does not get focus when opened via taskbar button.
+On Linux mint 22.3 the terminal does not get focus when opened via taskbar button due to an issue with underlying mutter.
 Workaround as described here: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/13382
-System Settings -> Windows -> Behaviour, set Window focus mode to sloppy.
+settings -> windows -> behaviour -> window focus mode = sloppy
-Possibly also "Bring windows which require attention to the current workspace" and "location of newly opened windows to cursor"
+<code bash>sudo vi /usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/windowAttentionHandler.js</code>
+Search for the initialization block. It looks like this:
+<code javascript>
+Mainloop.timeout_add_seconds(4, () => {
+    log("Enabling WindowAttentionHandler");
+    global.display.connect('window-demands-attention', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention));
+    global.display.connect('window-marked-urgent', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention));
+    return GLib.SOURCE_REMOVE;
+})
+</code>
+Add this line inside that block:
+<code javascript>
+global.display.connect('window-created', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention));
+</code>
+The result should look like this:
+<code javascript>
+Mainloop.timeout_add_seconds(4, () => {
+    log("Enabling WindowAttentionHandler");
+    global.display.connect('window-demands-attention', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention));
+    global.display.connect('window-marked-urgent', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention));
+    // START FIX
+    global.display.connect('window-created', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention));
+    // END FIX
+    return GLib.SOURCE_REMOVE;
+})
+</code>
+Save and Exit
+Then add to whitelist:
+Check settings:
+<code>settings get org.cinnamon demands-attention-passthru-wm-classes</code>
+<code>['gnome-screenshot', 'lxterminal', 'xfce4-terminal', 'firefox', 'libreoffice', 'soffice']</code>
+Then add gnome terminal or other to the list. Check with xprop if unsure what the wm classes would be:
+<code>gsettings set org.cinnamon demands-attention-passthru-wm-classes "['gnome-screenshot', 'lxterminal', 'xfce4-terminal', 'firefox', 'libreoffice', 'soffice', 'gnome-terminal-server', 'Gnome-terminal']"
+</code>
+May need cinnamon restart.