Opening a file or link with application which is running in background does not set focus

Bug #1558182 reported by Zisu Andrei
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Bug Description

Example 1
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Click a link in pantheon-mail, when Chrome is running in foreground
Expected: Chrome should open the link and take focus
Actual: Chrome opens the link but fails to take focus (and subsequently switch workspaces)

Example 2
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Open a file with GIMP, when GIMP is not running
Expected: GIMP opens the file and takes focus.
Works as expected

Example 3
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Open a file with GIMP, when GIMP is running in background
Expected: GIMP opens the file and takes focus.
Actual: GIMP opens the file but fails to take focus (and subsequently switch workspaces)

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