Brent Wassum

Yes, it is still very much an issue.

Okay, weird. For some reason the Launcher update was hanging, but still opening the Launcher without updating. I did get that straightened out, and I'm now on Launcher version 2.7.12.

Can confirm bug still exists on Launcher version 2.7.12 on Garuda LInux/Cinnamon.

Once I get home I can confirm my Launcher version on my desktop and see if the bug still exist on Arch Linux/Cinnamon.

Can you confirm you do NOT have this issue in Launcher version 2.2.12148? I just reproduced the bug on Garuda Linux w/ Cinnamon on Launcher version 2.2.12148.

Also, is 2.2.12148 not the latest version?

I believe I understand now. However, Gnome Tweak Tool is part of the Gnome Project (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks). It only exposes Gnome settings that already exist. It's not installed as part of a normal Gnome installation because the Gnome devs deemed that those settings were too "advanced" for regular users. I would hardly count it as an "extra" application that would cause unwanted buginess.

However, it you want a clean, default installation, you can run gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences focus-mode 'sloppy' in a terminal to achieve the same result. Gnome Tweaks just provides a UI for this.

Alternatively, use a distro with a default DE that exposes this setting, such as Linux Mint/Cinnamon.

Also note that I am using Cinnamon DE on Arch Linux, and did not use any third party applications to configure my Cinnamon settings, and I'm currently experiencing the problem.

I believe you can use the Gnome Tweak Tool in order to change that particular setting. If you're using Manjaro I think the package should be gnome-tweaks (this is the Arch package). Ubuntu and derivatives I think would be gnome-tweak-tool.  Same package name, I seen an outdated help article.

Arch Linux is affected. Based off the fact that it's related to Window Focus mode probably means it's display server or window manager related, as opposed to distro. I'm using Cinnamon desktop environment (uses Muffin window manager) on X11. Maybe with that combo of software it can be reproduced?

Edit: For the possibly related Steam bug, users are reporting it doesn't happen on Wayland, so maybe only reproducible on X11?

This problem seems to be related to "focus follows mouse" or "sloppy" window focusing. Try setting window focus to "mouse click" and see if this resolves the issue. This worked for me with Minecraft Launcher and also the Steam client. (Here is the related Steam bug, if that is helpful in any way.) Hopefully this will help track down the source of the bug.

Can confirm on version 2.2.3963.