Updater Isn't Brought to Front When Snapping Back to Primary Desktop

[Jonasori]

(MacOS Sequoia, most recent Brave version, but this issue has been going on for several versions of both)

What

When a new update is available and Brave has a small window open informing me about it, that window is constantly grabbing focus. This means that when I go to use another desktop, it jumps back to my primary desktop (where the update window is) immediately. Unfortunately, that update window isn’t brought to the front, so I often don’t know it’s there. Once I resolve that window and update/skip the update, the negative behavior is resolved.

I’m really glad I figured out the cause of this, since I was about to bail on Brave over this. It is unspeakably frustrating to have this focus-triggered jumping destroy my ability to use multiple desktops.

Here’s someone experiencing something similar (from a different app)

Requested Fix

Two options:

• Make the update window not grab focus, thus preventing the jumping from happening. This would probably decrease (my) take rate on updates, but would be a less invasive solution for users.
• Continue to grab focus, but also bring the update window to the front so that it is obvious that it is the reason for the jumping.

[Mattches]

Can you share a screenshot of what you mean when you say the “update window”? On macOS, if you installed the browser via brave.com/download, it should be a .dmg file that you installed from.

When updates are available in the browser, you’re typically notified via the Update displayed on top of the main menu, like this:

This means that the update has downloaded and simply needs to relaunch to apply it. Clicking on it, then Relaunch to Update Brave finishes the process:

Alternatively, if an update is available but not downloaded yet, visiting brave://settings/help will check for new updates and apply them (if available) – the progress can be viewed on this page.

So I’m curious as to why you are/have to use a separate window to update the browser.