I recently switched to Ubuntu 22.04, and encountered this issue when switching workspaces:

I open a window (e.g. a text editor) on an a given workspace, and interact with the window (e.g. write “test”). Then I switch to another workspace, using the default keyboard shortcut. When I switch back to the original workspace and want to continue typing, the text editor window is somehow not active, and a “Find files on Desktop” pop-up window opens.

I observe this problem not only with text editors, but also terminals, browser, etc.

Any ideas how to avoid this?

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The bug causing active windows to de-focus when switching workspaces has been described here:

Apparently this only happens when using Xorg. I was using Xorg; Wayland was disabled because of an issue with nvidia drivers described here: Can't use Wayland with Nvidia 510 drivers on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

I was able to enable Wayland by setting WaylandEnable=true in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf, in combination with the hack described here:

With Wayland enabled, the problem with windows losing focus is gone. But I do have serious graphics glitches now (flickering, windows briefly disappearing).

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