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Using Ubuntu 21.04 with pure Gnome Shell 3.38.

Consider this example scenario: I have 2 workspaces open, workspace-1 and workspace-2. In workspace-2, the Gedit app is open. In workspace-1, the Gedit app is not open.

While in workspace-1, I enter Nautilus app and double-click on a saved Gedit text file. Gedit opens the file but auto-moves to workspace-2 to present the opened file. WTHeck! Why isn't it opening Gedit in the workspace I am in? What is the point of workspaces if you can't create the stuff you want to work with in that workspace?

vanadium
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This behaviour has been added with the migration to Wayland only, instead of keeping support for X11, as discussed here.

But because this has been bugging me too, and I still use X11, I reverted the commits in question: Similar as here explained, you need to revert commits C1, C2 and finally, most importantly C3.

My patchfile for Gedit 40.1 you can find in my Gentoo overlay.

Frederik
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