#1507·wslg

Modal dialogs (with IntelliJ)

Author: iscu2020Created Sep 11, 2026Updated Sep 11, 2026
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Windows build number:

10.0.26100.9106

Your Distribution version:

24.04

Your WSL versions:

WSL version: 2.7.13.0 Kernel version: 6.18.33.2-2 WSLg version: 1.0.73.2 MSRDC version: 1.2.7214 Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release Windows version: 10.0.26100.9106

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open IntelliJ
  2. Open a popup window (e.g. "Create a branch" or "Search")
  3. Move to another application (with that popup still being open!)
  4. Return to IntelliJ (using Alt-tab or with clicking on the icon in the tray)
  5. The popup remains somewhere in the background.

WSL logs:

No response

WSL dumps:

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Expected behavior:

When I return to IntelliJ, the popup should be again in front of the window, not in the back.

Actual behavior:

Hello, This is a bug related to IntelliJ, installed on Ubuntu.

How it currently works When I open a popup window (e.g. "Create a branch" or "Search"), if I move to another application (with that popup still being open!) then I return to IntelliJ, the popup remains somewhere in the background. Because of that, I cannot do any actions in IntelliJ.

Sometimes the popup comes back to front, but I couldn't figure out what's the sequence of keyboard strokes / mouse movements that brings it back. Minimizing the windows sometimes works and I can see the popup, but not always.

IntelliJ Version IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.1 Build #IU-262.9437.185, built on August 9, 2026 Linux 6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-wsl2 Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (in WSL); glibc: 2.39