The new xfrun dialog, provided by appfinder, has two somehow annoying behaviors. I alway run it from shortcut (Alt-F2 by default). * the dialog is not on top, so when I'm on a desktop with a full screen window, it gets hidden behind * when I have multiple windows opened, but not taking all space, it won't appear on the screen center, but rather where smart placement will find space. The two behaviors are a regression from the xfce4-utils xfrun, and I have to admit I find that annoying.
For the first point you can enable startup-notification in the keyboard settings (I will do that for the default shortcuts xml as well). The 2nd point, well we can enable "always center" by default. But maybe your window is also "too big" so xfwm4 placement is triggered.
(In reply to comment #1) > For the first point you can enable startup-notification in the keyboard > settings (I will do that for the default shortcuts xml as well). Thanks, works fine, and good enough for me. > > The 2nd point, well we can enable "always center" by default. But maybe your > window is also "too big" so xfwm4 placement is triggered. I think it'd be more consistent, at least.
(In reply to comment #1) > The 2nd point, well we can enable "always center" by default. But maybe your > window is also "too big" so xfwm4 placement is triggered. When I use my keyboard shortcut to launch an xterm (or any other application, for that matter), it comes to the front of the screen and receives focus so the next text I type goes into the new window. When I do the same with appfinder, it goes behind any other windows and does not receive focus, so I have to alt-tab around to even see the new window. I don't think xfwm4 auto-placement is the (only) problem.
Enable startup-notification in the keyboard settings.
(In reply to comment #4) > Enable startup-notification in the keyboard settings. How? I don't see an option for it either in the appfinder settings or the main xfce keyboard settings.
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/keyboard