Just for anyone like me finding the bug by search, the man page notes you can open gnome-software to a particular screen which works around being stuck on the last one accessed, eg:
gnome-software overview & -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798053 Title: [SRU] Click on the back icon in gnome-software doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1798053/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs