This sounds like a feature usually called "focus-stealing prevention". I don't know how it's exactly implemented in Gnome Shell but you should report it to the Gnome developers to get their opinion first:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues and then tell us the new issue ID. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857122 Title: New Windows are opened below other windows and require extra clicks to acees To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1857122/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs