Give focus to new gnome-terminal window

gnome-terminal

#!/bin/bash

GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVER=/usr/lib/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server
GNOME_TERMINAL=/usr/bin/gnome-terminal

# get last window in list for $GTS_PID
lastWindowId() {
 wmctrl -p $GTS_PID -l | tail -n 1 | cut -f 1 -d ' '
}

# get gnome-terminal-server pid
GTS_PID=$(pgrep -f $GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVER)

# get last terminal window in list, if applicable
[ -n "$GTS_PID" ] && PREV=$(lastWindowId)

# launch terminal
$GNOME_TERMINAL "$@" || exit
RET=$?

# get gnome-terminal-server pid, if not running before
[ -z "$GTS_PID" ] && GTS_PID=$(pgrep -f $GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVER)

# wait for new gnome-terminal-server window
COUNT=0
while true ; do
  LAST=$(lastWindowId)
  [ "$LAST" != "$PREV" ] && break
  sleep 0.1
  (( ++COUNT > 1000 )) && exit 1
done

# bring window to front and give focus
wmctrl -i -a $LAST

exit $RET

At the time I write those lines, gnome-shell new window focus policy is weird (say *'ed up or broken)

Nothing more annoying than opening a new terminal with a keyboard shortcut and begin to type (say continue to type) in the previous window... The same method needs to be applied for browser windows opened via keyboard shortcut

Place this script in ~/bin or /usr/local/bin