Bug#662645: Does not focus Firefox window when new tab opened (regression from GNOME 2)

[Josh Triplett]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 05:50:57AM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.2.2.1-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> I have the keyboard shortcut Super-B mapped to open a new browser tab,
> by running "firefox -new-tab about:blank".  This causes Firefox to open
> a new empty tab (or open in the first place if not running).  In GNOME
> 2, this would always raise Firefox to the front and give it the focus.
> However, in GNOME 3, this only occurs if this shortcut ends up starting
> a new instance of Firefox.  If it just opens a tab in an existing
> window, GNOME 3 just shows a notification "$FIREFOX_WINDOW_TITLE is
> ready", which I have to click on to bring the window to the front and
> focus it.  This breaks my finger macros (Super-B Ctrl-L URL [enter],
> Super-B Ctrl-K search text [enter]).

Extending this report a bit: I also observed the same problem when
clicking on links to open URLs, such as from gnome-terminal.

- Josh Triplett