darktable always starts in the background with wayland

Software darktable
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Hi,

I am using darktable with gnome (dt version 5.2.0 on endeavouros) and every time I start darktable, the window opens in the background. No matter how I start darktable, be it from the console or via mouse click on the panel icon. The window always opens in the background. Is this just me?

When I set GDK_BACKEND=wayland darktable starts in the foreground. But with that setting, the new preset submenues (e.g mysharpen | canon 6D) do not work. They simply do not open but vanish immediately.

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No issues on endeavouros here but I compile it myself to have camera support so maybe this is no useful input.

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I am using dt on wayland as well, hyprland and kde without issues. If I had to guess I’d say it’s probably a mutter issue.

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I am also using a self compiled darktable. But I have also tested the default darktable package. Its all the same.

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Are you guys using GDK_BACKEND=wayland or not?

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nope

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Yes, with fallback to x11

➤ echo $GDK_BACKEND
wayland,x11