xfce4-notifyd steals window focus, even from xflock4

[statistic]

xfce4-notifyd steals focus whenever a notification appears, which is frustrating when you're in the middle of typing something and suddenly you're not anymore. I thought that this might be an issue with me using xmonad as my window manager, but the notifications even steal focus from xflock4. So when I get notifications for updates or jabber messages while my screen is locked, then which ever monitor that I last had focus on will show the notifications along with whatever windows are open on that monitor until the notification goes away.

This should be considered a security issue, since it means that people can read your locked screen by messaging you on pidgin.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xfce4-notifyd 0.2.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 4 09:01:10 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: xfce4-notifyd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report.
I can't reproduce with xfwm4 nor xscreensaver on 12.04 though.

[statistic (m-t-lindsay)]

After a bunch more digging, it is in fact an issue with xmonad's focus problems. I added the following to my xmonad.hs to deal with it:

myManageHook = composeAll . concat $
    [
...
    [ resource =? "xfce4-notifyd" --> doIgnore <+> doF W.focusDown ]
...
    ]

The notifications still popup over the xflock4 window which means that people can read my messages, but that is very minor, and only occurs on my work computer despite my home computer having the same set up.

This ticket can probably be closed. Sorry for the trouble.