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Abolfazl
Abolfazl

Reputation: 1227

vscode OpenFile dialog window opens in background

I have found multiple discussions complaining about OpenFile dialog window of VSCode open in background, so you need to use your mouse pointer to bring it up, which is kind of annoying, but did not found a solution. Is this a bug or unpleasant feature? Any solution?

I am using

Version: 1.71.2
Commit: 74b1f979648cc44d385a2286793c226e611f59e7
Date: 2022-09-14T21:12:14.256Z
Electron: 19.0.12
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-48-generic
Sandboxed: No

On Ubuntu 20.04.

Upvotes: 15

Views: 5632

Answers (7)

starball
starball

Reputation: 52334

This was a known issue and should be fixed in the May 2024 (v1.90) release of VS Code (see Pull Request chore: bump [email protected] #213050).

Upvotes: 1

Peter Moore
Peter Moore

Reputation: 2126

The workaround I use is this one. vscode opens the dialog for local file edits but uses a simple menu for remote file edits (which avoids the whole problem). So I just set vscode to use simple menu all the time.

I just set the setting Files -> Simple Dialog = true

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Upvotes: 17

Jijo Joseph
Jijo Joseph

Reputation: 165

If you're on GNOME, try installing and enable the below extension.

Grand Theft Focus

Upvotes: 2

RobbieFM
RobbieFM

Reputation: 51

I combined three workaround (including the workaround from and vladimir ulianitsky) into one answer that fixed this for VSCode Chrome browsers and Typora app that were having this issue for me. All three were necessary for me to fix the issues in my programs.

The one missing from this page for VScode is installing the gnome extension "Grand Theft Focus" to focus dialog windows for Visual Studio Code.

Here is a link to the complete three workaround answer.

Upvotes: 5

vladimir ulianitsky
vladimir ulianitsky

Reputation: 136

I figured out how to create a workaround using this instruction

I created a file ~/.config/devilspie2/code.lua with the following content:

if (get_application_name() == 'code' and get_window_role() == 'GtkFileChooserDialog') then focus_window() center(); end

Upvotes: 6

Yuiio
Yuiio

Reputation: 11

Another workaround to run the latest version 1.72.2 on ubuntu 20.04 with on openFile dialog in foreground (to date the bug is still not fixed) is to add the environment variable GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 when running vscode, in your bash:

> GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 code

Also, you can create a new desktop launcher, that you can add it to your task bar, in ~/.local/share/application/vscode.desktop :

[Desktop Entry]
Name=VSCode
Comment=Code Editing. Redefined.
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=env GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 /usr/share/code/code --unity-launch %F
Icon=com.visualstudio.code
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=Code
Categories=TextEditor;Development;IDE;
MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;application/x-code-workspace;
Actions=new-empty-window;
Keywords=vscode;

[Desktop Action new-empty-window]
Name=New Empty Window
Exec=env GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 /usr/share/code/code --new-window %F
Icon=com.visualstudio.code

Upvotes: 1

Ritik Banger
Ritik Banger

Reputation: 2768

It is an upstream issue and I am facing the same. The best-known solution to me is to downgrade the vscode from v1.71.2 to v1.67.2

No fix has been made to date as mentioned here.

Upvotes: 2

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