For instance, if I’m opening a handful of apps that take a bit of time to start up, and then start dragging windows around to set up my workspace, each time an app finishes loading or a new window is created, I’ll be yanked out of my dragging and forced into focus on that window.
I need a way to prevent these windows/apps from automatically seizing focus, it’s REALLY fucking annoying. Steam especially will hog focus 3 or more fucking times in its startup process. This is such a stupid default function.
While I don’t have a solution for what you’re asking, my workaround was to make a script that opens every program I want on startup. Then I just boot my computer log in, then walk away for a few minutes while that i9 churns away.
I would be curious if there’s a way to override that though. That and windows that open in the background (for no reason) drive me insane. I’d at least like it to be consistent.
That’s not a bad idea for most at-work stations, but I frequently switch around throughout the day. That does give me the idea to have some specific apps open with a minimized argument (via batch file or shortcut arguments), but that only solves a fraction of my problem.