Cinnamon: Preferences->Windows->"Prevent focus stealing" has no effect.

[crobarcro]

```

• Cinnamon version: 3.8.9
• Distribution - (Mint 19)
• Graphics hardware: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
• Graphics driver: whatever comes by default with Mint Linux 19
• 64 bit
  ```

Issue
The setting Preferences->Windows->"Prevent focus stealing" has no effect. When I activate it, it does not prevent focus stealing.

Steps to reproduce

Navigate to Preferences->Windows and activate the "Prevent focus stealing" options as in the screenshot below.

Luahcn a program, e.g. Firefox web browser, the newly launched program will grab focus (also has no effect after logout/login or full reboot).

Expected behaviour

Programs will be prevented from stealing focus.

Other information

This is on the official release of Mint Linux 19 Cinnamon, with Cinnamon version 3.8.9.

I came across while investigating this?

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2358571

[icarter09]

@crobarcro did the merged PR fix this issue?

[densha]

@icarter09 @crobarcro Is there any update on this? This is still an issue with the most recent version of Linux Mint. I enabled the setting and apps still steal focus, even if the app is in a different workspace.

[icarter09]

@densha thanks for the update that this is still an issue. Sounds like the merged PR did not provide the fix for it.

[TheSHEEEP]

Indeed still an issue.

It is quite annoying to type something in a window, only to have the focus stolen by some other window that just opened.
KDE Plasma does this quite nicely.

[devgs]

Come on, guys! How hard it is to disable a feature?

[Troi]

Please, fix this! It is not only unpleasant but it is security issue: i am writing password a lot and if something steals focus, parts of password ends in different app than I wanted.

[FibroJedi]

Just to help keep this issue live, yes it's still an issue. I share @Troi's concern. While normally it's just annoying, when logging into apps, it nearly always happens because I multitask, so yes, often happens when inputting usernames/passwords so is a real security concern.