Neovide 0.13.0 on macOS launches behind other windows.

[humblehacker]

Describe the bug
Neovide 0.13.0 on macOS launches behind other windows.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start your terminal (I'm using iTerm)
2. Install Neovide 0.13.0 from homebrew
   brew install neovide
3. Start Neovide
   neovide

Expected behavior
Neovide launches in the foreground.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS 14.4.1 (23E224)
• Neovide Version: 0.13.0
• Neovim Version: 0.10.0

Please run neovide --log and paste the contents of the .log file created in the current directory here:

neovide_rCURRENT.log

Additional context
I tried launching both with --fork and --no-fork. Both options launched with the window in the background.

I also reinstalled Neovide 0.12.2 from homebrew brew install --cask neovide, and Neovide correctly launches in a foreground window.

[humblehacker]

Seems this might be an issue with the homebrew formula. I uninstalled (brew uninstall neovide), downloaded and installed from the dmg from the GitHub release page, and launched from the terminal using a symlink to the binary in the app bundle. It correctly launches in a foreground window (albeit with a strange opening animation that shows only the titlebar expanding to full screen, with the rest of the window appearing only when the animation is complete).

[humblehacker]

The homebrew issue may be a red herring. The problem seems intermittent. I've been able to reproduce the problem with both the homebrew binary and the one found here.

[fredizzimo]

This is opposite to this bug, which I think we also has seen in Neovide

• macOS regresssion: new window starts on top of fullscreen window rust-windowing/winit#2051

I expect both be fixed when we refactor our window creation to happen at a different place and move to winit 0.30, which should happen pretty soon.

[humblehacker]

Thanks for the info! I'll stop investigating and revert to 0.12.2 until that's ready.

[fredizzimo]

I have a potential fix for this here:

• fix: Delay the window creation until it's time to draw #2562

It would be good if someone could test it.

[bboles]

I am still experiencing this issue with neovide version 0.13.1. I'm on MacOS 14.5 and neovim version 0.10.0.