I know my desktop is a mess but I usually have one window with many terminals open.
So if I want to start a program without going through the menu
Alt Tab to the terminal window, then I start it from the commandline (gimp, code, blender, godot, etc.)
So if I want to start a program without going through the menu Alt Tab to the terminal window, then I start it from the commandline (gimp, code, blender, godot, etc.)