vscode OpenFile dialog window opens in background

Question

I have found multiple discussions complaining about OpenFile dialog window of VSCode open in background, so you need to use your mouse pointer to bring it up, which is kind of annoying, but did not found a solution. Is this a bug or unpleasant feature? Any solution?

I am using

Version: 1.71.2
Commit: 74b1f979648cc44d385a2286793c226e611f59e7
Date: 2022-09-14T21:12:14.256Z
Electron: 19.0.12
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-48-generic
Sandboxed: No

On Ubuntu 20.04.

Answer 1

The workaround I use is this one. vscode opens the dialog for local file edits but uses a simple menu for remote file edits (which avoids the whole problem). So I just set vscode to use simple menu all the time.

I just set the setting Files -> Simple Dialog = true

Answer 2

I figured out how to create a workaround using this instruction

I created a file ~/.config/devilspie2/code.lua with the following content:

if (get_application_name() == 'code' and get_window_role() == 'GtkFileChooserDialog') then focus_window() center(); end