XFCE terminal opens in background

What I mean by background is usually I just click the terminal shortcut and start typing. Now I have to click in the window first. This also happens with the file manager shortcut. This is a regression although I'm not sure what update caused it. The problem appears to be with the "exo-open" program that the shortcuts in the quickbar (and also with the "terminal emulator" and "file manager" shortcuts in the Applications menu.) The "exo-open" program opens whatever terminal or file manager you have set as default.
If I go down to system > Xfce Terminal or Thunar file manager which opens those programs directly I don't have this problem. They open in the foreground. The quickbar "exo-open" shortcuts used to do that same. I'm wondering what changed.
Last edited by weirddan455 (2015-03-21 00:36:48)

Nevermind found the regression. Looks like exo is its own package and was just updated two days ago. Downgraded from exo-0.10.4-1 to exo-0.10.3-2 and the problem went away.
EDIT: And bug report opened https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44282
Not sure whether this should also be reported upstream.
Last edited by weirddan455 (2015-03-21 00:48:04)

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