hmmmm yes, i have 3 workspaces (workspace switcher) using MATE (gnome2 fork)
though i am usually only active in the first (left most) workspace and have not observed this behavior
i would need to test this effect to repeat the behavior
at first i thought you were talking about monitor area, this also has similar "wrong area" issue
but workspace is different.
im also glad you provided a reasonable additional info
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I have tested this on different window managers, qtile, awesomewm, and dwm. Whenever there is an event where a child window is opened, it would open inside the current active workspace instead of the same workspace where the parent window is located.
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I already submitted an issue on the respective window managers and this is the reply: