New window opens behind existing windows

[tschaub]

Issue Type: Bug

• run code one in the terminal where one is the path to an existing directory
• see VSCode open the workspace as expected
• run code two in the terminal where two is the path to an existing directory
• focus changes back to VSCode, but showing the window for project one instead of project two

Here is a movie of the experience:

In previous versions of VSCode, when opening a new project with code, the new window would show up above any existing windows. This is what I expected to happen.

VS Code version: Code 1.67.1 (da15b6f, 2022-05-06T12:37:14.619Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 20.6.0
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

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Load (avg)	2, 2, 2
Memory (System)	16.00GB (2.93GB free)
Process Argv	one --crash-reporter-id 89d47731-c956-41d6-bf2f-17af04d06d0e
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[tschaub]

Looks similar to #929 and #13042.

[sylann]

Same issue.
On Mac OS, VsCode 1.67

How to reproduce:

1. Use shortcut to open new window CMD + SHIFT + N
2. Use shortcut to open new file/folder CMD + O

The selected file/folder is now opened in the previously focused vscode window instead of the newly opened one.

To solve the problem, you have to think to click in the newly opened window.
When you do so, you see the focus takes effect, proving the window was not actually focused
(EDIT: What is confusing is that you can see the cursor blinking inside of the editor of the new window, even though it is not focused)

I can tell this is a relatively new issue (1 or 2 months max), because I'm doing the procedure above almost every day and it has been pissing me off since then (sorry, but truly annoying).

[bpasero]

Sounds a bit like #149067 or #149043

[bpasero]

Do you have "window.newWindowDimensions": "maximized" configured?

[bpasero]

This is a regression from electron/electron#33536

[tschaub]

Thanks for the fix!