New windows not coming to forward focus.

I cant be the only one that is experiancing this, as the same thing happens on my new laptop.
OSX has a very annoying habit that I cant get rid of. If I have Safari open, and click a link to download something, the download window doesnt always come to the front, but instead opens BEHIND the main Safari window. So you dont know if the link has worked or not, and in the past I have click a download more than once thinking it hasnt worked only to download the same thing multiple times.
The same thing happens in Finder.
Does anyone know why, and how to fix this?

The lost focus problem most often occurs for me when Safari is open and I double-click on a link in e-mail to open in the default browser. After the first time though the links usually open correctly in front.
No solution, but my work-around is to use the Command-` key-combination (that’s the accent key in the upper-left corner of the keyboard beneath the escape key) to bring other open windows to the front.

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