How do I stop automatically switching to calendar when a new invitation arrives?

In Mac OS Mountain Lion, whenever I receive an invitation via email, the OS automatically switches to Calendar once Mail has passed it over. This means that when I'm typing a note, my Mac suddenly switches to Calendar without any warning. This is incredibly annoying.
I have already gone into each of my calendars and ticked the "Ignore Alerts" option - but the problem still remains. I am reluctant to deselect the option in Mail to pass invitations to Calendar automatically, because then I'd miss lots of appointments.
Is there anything else I can do to stop this behaviour?

Hmm. OK. You have to appreciate I'm hypothesizing here. I don't use iCal and I'm not entirely sure what that switch does, but if you're game for a bit of (safe) experimenting, read on.
What I'd like to know is whether reversing that switch gets you the desired behaviour. If it doesn't, we'll just switch it straight back.
1. The switch is only a preference setting and can't cause any harm to your data or machine. Even so, it's always a good idea to backup your system before you mess with anything in case of unpredictable results, so please do that before trying any of the following.
2. Once you've backed up, copy and paste the following into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.iCal NSDontMakeMainWindowKey YES
Press 'return' on your keyboard.
3. Restart the mac (you MUST do this).
4. Arrange (or wait) for someone to send you an iCal invitation or event and see what happens. If the same behaviour occurs OR you notice any unusual/undesirable behaviour of iCal in the meantime, put the preference back to the default by using the same command as above, but replacing the 'YES' with 'NO' and then restart the mac again.
Obviously, on the other hand, if it solves the problem, leave the preference as it is and let us all know so we can pass it on to others.

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