====== Terminal focus ====== 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 settings -> windows -> behaviour -> window focus mode = sloppy sudo vi /usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/windowAttentionHandler.js Search for the initialization block. It looks like this: 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; }) Add this line inside that block: global.display.connect('window-created', Lang.bind(this, this._onWindowDemandsAttention)); The result should look like this: 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; }) Save and Exit Then add to whitelist: Check settings: settings get org.cinnamon demands-attention-passthru-wm-classes ['gnome-screenshot', 'lxterminal', 'xfce4-terminal', 'firefox', 'libreoffice', 'soffice'] Then add gnome terminal or other to the list. Check with xprop if unsure what the wm classes would be: gsettings set org.cinnamon demands-attention-passthru-wm-classes "['gnome-screenshot', 'lxterminal', 'xfce4-terminal', 'firefox', 'libreoffice', 'soffice', 'gnome-terminal-server', 'Gnome-terminal']" May need cinnamon restart.