I'm working on Ubuntu 18.04, fully patched with dist-upgrade. I layout 4 terminals as shown below. The order of the favorite pop-out is top-to-bottom: (a) is (1) top left, (b) is (2) bottom left, (c) is (3) top right, and (d) is (4) bottom right.
After the favorite pop-out window closes, GNOME will randomize the order. The top-to-bottom order of the pop-out is randomized. (a) in the pop-out may become terminal (3), and (d) in the pop-out may become terminal (1). It is incredibly annoying behavior since I can't quickly jump back to the terminal (1) by clicking the (a) pop-out.
How do I tell GNOME to stop randomizing the window layouts in the favorite pop-out?
For me, each terminal is used for a specific task. I usually have 8 or 10 terminals open. I might have Emacs open in Terminal (1), a cp command in terminal (2), and a compiler in terminal (3). I just rotate among them to get the work done.
GNOME's behavior is incredibly annoying because I have to chase down the proper window after its been subjected to their randomization. I swear to Christ I believe they are on drugs for some of the idiotic decision they make. The whole bunch should be drug tested and fired.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
$ apt-cache show ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Package: ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.83
Priority: optional
Section: universe/metapackages
Source: ubuntu-gnome-meta
Origin: Ubuntu
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