Chrome: Showing new window on top without giving it focus - google-chrome

I'd like to open up a new chrome window (not tab) and have it take focus in its address bar immediately.
It works when pressing CTRL+N to open the new window (presumably from the current process) but not when clicking the Icon in the quick launch bar or on the desktop (thus launching a new process).
Then it just opens up, comes to the front, cursor blinking in the adress bar, but it does not have focus there. Typing sends the input to desktop I believe since no open program seems to have the focus then. This is particularly annoying when I was working with a different program and want to have a new browser window.
My Chrome version is 23.0.1271.97 on Windows 7 x64, and as far as I remember it worked fine until version 17.

I just published a small Chrome Extension which aims at solving this bug! So far it worked great for me (on Window 7 64-bit).
You can find it here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-new-window-focus/opmhcfhkhiodgapmnaolhmekmfihmecp
Let me know if you encounter any issues!
Cheers,
Yuvi

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I have been fatal for a few days with this incident. After the latest Chrome updates I am left with a headache.
We have ASUS v161 touch screens (although it happens to us in more models), and we open the chrome in kiosk mode. The power configuration is high performance and we only turn off the screen after 15 minutes (no sleep). We have also tried disabling anything that turns off the hard drive or usb without success.
We have tried to activate all the touch flags, we have deactivated the hardware acceleration, etc ... But it is happening with the last 3 updates.
Chrome version: 88.0.4324.150 (Official Build) (64 bits)
Windows version:
Windows 10 Pro Edition
Version 20H2
Installed on 09/25/2020
Operating system version 19042.746
Windows Experience Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0
The issue is that when you return from the off screen, by touching with your finger, the screen turns on but the web content that chrome shows does not respond.
If we do not open it in kiosk mode, it does not respond until we touch anywhere in Windows or in the chrome address bar, then it begins to respond. But the web does not respond by itself if we do not touch outside of it. The web is frozen, te text cursor are freeze. (This also happens with Edge) It does not happen with Firefox.
If you hit it with the mouse, no problem, all return to be responsive
Video attachment: https://youtu.be/BH2abO6AXaM
In the video it is clear how the system activates the screen with touch, but chrome is frozen, the cursor does not move, it does not respond to any link, there is a moment where the screen goes blank, and at the end you see how it responds when I touchthe address bar. This happens right away if you hit the address bar or any other windows/desktop of Windows.
When Chome wake up all touch response are ok and the cursor blink again. If like's Chrome still sleeping until other event different than touch success.
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Jorge
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I'm building out my jquery mobile app out and have been testing in Chrome. Its the best for me because the debugging is great.
I was using a TAPHOLD event but decided to go away from that for a swipe-right event.
Chrome actually registered the taphold, so I was hopeful that it would register a swipe right with the mouse. But I cannot get it to register unless I have to do something else... anyone?
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UPDATE
This update is pretty late to the punch but this just shouldn't be necessary anymore. In fact the Chrome developer tools (the ones I'm used to using) have gotten a lot better about emulating devices.
A lot of the answers here are old and out of date. As of Chrome 63, swipe is built-in as long as you are in responsive mode with developer tools open. So open Developer Tools (3 dots->tools->developer tools), then click the phone/tablet icon on the left to put Chrome into a mobile mode. Then if you left click and hold, you will see the cursor changed to a dot, and you can swipe.
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Open Developer Tools
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Previous answer:
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