Looks like such a line has been added with this commit here: http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=43227af88a36faed Is the latest version of QEMU now working as expected?
** Changed in: qemu Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274170 Title: qemu window hides in the background on osx Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: When launching qemu on OSX (10.8.5), the window comes up in the background. A bit of googling shows that the addition of [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES]; before the [NSApp run]; in main fixes this. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1274170/+subscriptions