Open app in a different desktop I am trying to open an application on a different desktop on my MacBook (macOS Sierra Version 10.12.5).

In the screenshot, I assigned Chrome to a different space (Desktop 1). I go to Desktop 2 and when I click on the Chrome icon, I am automatically switched to Desktop 1. How could I stay on Desktop 2?



EDIT

Maybe the logs are helpful. Which process does trigger the desktop switch?
I have tried that in Yosemite but not in Sierra, but you could try to disable the desktop autoswitching.

Open terminal and enter:

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO


the restart the dock with

killall Dock


To revert to the default setting type

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool YES
killall Dock