Clicking notification does not focus mailspring

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#1

Description

On Pop_OS! 20.04 when mailspring displays a notification, clicking on the notification will make the notification disappear but not focus the mailspring window nor display the page related to that notification

To Reproduce…

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Have mailspring open
  2. Click on a notification stating a new email has been received
  3. The notification disappears but nothing else happens

Expected Behavior

The active window changes to mailspring and mailspring displays the email within the email pane

Screenshots

Setup

  • OS and Version: Pop_OS! 20.04
  • Mailspring Version: 1.7.8-13635bcf

Additional Context

Gnome Version: 3.36.3

Notification settings:

(Originally posted by alexandradeas on GitHub.)

#2

This is not only on Pop_OS!, it happens on Windows 11 as well. Knowing whether Mailspring will focus or not when clicking on a notification is uncertain. Can we raise the priority of this bug fix? It seems to have been reported a long time ago.

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