Can I make Gimp 2.8.4 in OSx make the file I just opened be the top window automatically?

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When I open an image file in Gimp 2.8.4 in OSx Mountain Lion 10.8.4 via the File > Open menu, it does not automatically make that image the top window, requiring that I then find that window via the Window menu. Very jarring UX! Is there a way to modify this behavior so that it behaves like most GUI applications and brings the document just opened to the fore? Is this a bug in Gimp 2.8?

Interestingly in my Ubuntu 12.04 with Gimp 2.6.12 this is not a problem.

Since I haven't used Gimp much at all until this month, I don't know if this is a new problem or not.

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