Disable StartupNotify to fix alt-tabbing in GNOME

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
vscode
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Compare com.visualstudio.code.desktop and com.visualstudio.code-url-handler.desktop with the upstream Code desktop file linked in the issue. Update the StartupNotify setting in the relevant files to false, then verify both desktop entries contain the intended value and that the alt-tab timeout behavior is addressed.

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Description

Having StartupNotify set to true in the .desktop file is causing problems with mutter where you can't alt-tab to the application until it has timed out.

Would it be possible to set it to false? Upstream Code seems to do the same.

There is also a secondary desktop file which might need the same treatment.

Thanks!

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