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raise and focus running application when opening file in nautilus?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with and would like to know how I can configure it so that when I double click on a file, and it opens it with an already running program, it will raise and focus that program. ...
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Shortcut to switch to app

Is it possible to focus an opened app instance/window using a command? I'd like to assign a keyboard shortcut as to quickly switch to a specific app. I want shortcuts for: chromium (now it opens a ...
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Weird focus problem in gnome 3 and unity 3d

My computer has: Nvidia geforce GTX560 graphics ASUS Sabertooth 990fx motherboard Everything has been working fine, other than in gnome 3 and unity 3d. In order to control an application, you ...
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Hotkeys to focus generic window in Gnome

Is there a way to use hotkeys to focus on a window not determined by its program name? Let's say there are nine program tabs open: Terminal, Eclipse and seven Chrome Windows. Currently, I am just ...
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Is there any way to leave window in the foreground in GNOME Shell when it loses focus?

My ideal situation: Given a full screen window w/o focus (in the background) and a smaller window w/ focus (in the foreground), I'd like to be able to mouse over the full screen window to give it ...
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Sometimes new windows don't come to the front when launched

I'm using gnome shell with new ubuntu for few days now and have experienced really annoying behaviour with new windows. Sometimes when I use another window and press e.g. Alt Ctrl T to open new ...
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Is the sloppy windows focus not working as it should?

I am using ubuntu 11.10, with gnome3. I installed gnome-tweak-tool, in the windows menu, I selected windowos focus mode: Sloppy. I had never heard of it before but according to wikipedia sloppy ...
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program run with GNOME Alt-F2 dialog doesn't have focus [closed]

I'm using GNOME 3 Shell on Ubuntu Natty (11.04). When I start a new program with Alt-F2, I'd like focus to be on that window. Instead, focus is given not to the previous window which had focus nor to ...
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Prevent Windows from stealing focus

I'm using Maverick with Compiz enabled. I've searched AskUbuntu and Google. AskUbuntu doesn't have anything on this topic and everything Google turns up is a couple years old. I'm doing browser ...