Eyedropper tool works only in one window

Eyedropper tool works only in one window

PROBLEM
One of the most annoying things in blender, for my opinion. If you have a multi-window setup, and you have object picker in one window and viewport in other window you just can’t pick the object, because eyedropper works only in one window.
For example in this case:

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Other issue with eyedropper, why we can’t peak objects from outliner?

If you are asking about the ability to pick items in the Outliner using the eyedropper, I believe that is being tackled in the Outliner GSOC.