From 46c0393a24c5ad660f6ca8fcdb7b72f7e14878fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Pasero <benjpas@microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:41:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] try workaround for not being able to focus window on win &
 linux

---
 src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/window.ts | 6 +++++-
 src/vs/workbench/electron-main/window.ts    | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/window.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/window.ts
index a82898ad10f..89755c55e64 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/window.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@ export class ElectronWindow {
 
 	public focus(): void {
 		if (!this.win.isFocused()) {
-			this.win.focus();
+			if (platform.isWindows || platform.isLinux) {
+				this.win.show(); // Windows & Linux sometimes cannot bring the window to the front when it is in the background
+			} else {
+				this.win.focus();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/window.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/window.ts
index b7d003c2f39..c924a897af2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,11 @@ export class VSCodeWindow {
 			this._win.restore();
 		}
 
-		this._win.focus();
+		if (platform.isWindows || platform.isLinux) {
+			this._win.show(); // Windows & Linux sometimes cannot bring the window to the front when it is in the background
+		} else {
+			this._win.focus();
+		}
 	}
 
 	public get lastFocusTime(): number {
-- 
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