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[Greg K Nicholson <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

> This doesn't work very well if an application in one workspace opens a
> modal dialog under a long living application in another workspace.

Yes. If an application wants to open a dialogue, it really ought to
throw focus to that dialogue. If it's opening a modal dialogue, surely
it *must* throw focus to the modal dialogue. Therefore a modal
dialogue should never appear behind the focused window.