When a window is first created, should it appear in front of all other windows? about makie.jl HOT 3 OPEN

Hm yeah it probably shouldn't jump if it reused a window. I wonder why it does actually. And it does seem to be a better default to have it come forward.

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I think there's a screen option called focus on show or so, that should lead to the behavior you want when enabled. That's different than the floating window that always stays on top.

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Thanks. I tried it:

GLMakie.activate!(; focus_on_show=true)

scatter((1:10).^2) # jumps to front, as requested

# << user moves window to the side >>

scatter((1:10).^2) # jumps to front again, and Julia terminal loses focus

Should the "focus" in the second scatter be disabled? My thinking is that there is an existing window that is being reused, and already has a depth.

With that behavior fixed, would it make sense for focus_on_show=true to become the default? My thinking is to help new Makie users get a signal that a new window has actually been created.

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