From a35df43e3d2bbcba7addfe2312f8010ae9bc40d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Sterne <sterne@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:06:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: activate stacked windows without redundant raising

---
 src/stack.ts  | 16 +++++-----------
 src/window.ts |  1 -
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/stack.ts b/src/stack.ts
index 60d553bb..04a2aea7 100644
--- a/src/stack.ts
+++ b/src/stack.ts
@@ -212,10 +212,11 @@ export class Stack {
 
         if (this.widgets) this.widgets.tabs.visible = permitted;
 
-        this.reset_visibility(permitted);
-
         const win = this.ext.windows.get(entity);
-        if (!win) return;
+        if (!win) {
+            this.reset_visibility(permitted);
+            return;
+        }
 
         if (!Ecs.entity_eq(entity, this.active)) {
             this.prev_active = this.active;
@@ -662,20 +663,13 @@ export class Stack {
 
         // Connect tab-clicked signal
         c.button_signal = widget.connect('clicked', () => {
-            this.activate(entity);
             this.window_exec(comp, entity, (window) => {
                 const actor = window.meta.get_compositor_private();
                 if (actor) {
                     actor.show();
                     window.activate(false);
-
+                    this.activate(entity);
                     this.reposition();
-
-                    for (const comp of this.tabs) {
-                        this.buttons.get(comp.button)?.set_style_class_name(INACTIVE_TAB);
-                    }
-
-                    widget.set_style_class_name(ACTIVE_TAB);
                 }
             });
         });
diff --git a/src/window.ts b/src/window.ts
index 2fbd2928..883b5538 100644
--- a/src/window.ts
+++ b/src/window.ts
@@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ export function activate(ext: Ext, move_mouse: boolean, win: Meta.Window) {
 
         win.unminimize();
         workspace.activate_with_focus(win, global.get_current_time());
-        win.raise();
 
         const pointer_placement_permitted =
             move_mouse &&