Unity

Windows that start minimized cannot be opened

Bug #1087422 reported by Michael Terry on 2012-12-06

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Fix Released	High	Andrea Azzarone	Unity 7.0.0 "R series"
	unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Andrea Azzarone

Bug Description

This is a regression in raring. (actually a resurgence of bug 732997, but since this might have a different cause, I'm opening a new bug)

A window that starts minimized used to be able to be opened by clicking on its launcher icon. After the unity update of a few days ago, now it cannot be opened. It just sits there in the launcher forever.

This affects at least the backup program deja-dup, which opens minimized scheduled-backup progress windows.

Attached is a sample program to test. Run it like so:
valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 test.vala && ./test

Related branches

lp:~azzar1/unity/fix-1087422

Merged into lp:unity at revision 3036

Łukasz Zemczak: Approve on 2013-01-14

Marco Trevisan (Treviño): Approve on 2013-01-11

Thomi Richards (community): Needs Fixing on 2013-01-11

PS Jenkins bot: Pending (continuous-integration) requested 2013-01-14

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote on 2012-12-06:

test.vala Edit (239 bytes, text/plain)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2012-12-13:

Sorry, I mistook this for a similar bug. But it's different :(

summary:	- Windows that start minimized cannot be opened + [regression] Minimized windows cannot be restored
Changed in unity:
assignee:	nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in unity:
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Critical
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Critical
Changed in unity:
milestone:	none → 7.0.0
summary:	- [regression] Minimized windows cannot be restored + Windows that start minimized cannot be opened
Changed in unity:
importance:	Critical → High
assignee:	Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) → nobody
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) → nobody
importance:	Critical → High
Changed in unity:
status:	In Progress → New
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → New
Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Michael Terry (mterry) on 2012-12-13

summary:

- Windows that start minimized cannot be opened
+ [regression] Windows that start minimized cannot be opened

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Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote on 2013-01-08: Re: [regression] Windows that start minimized cannot be opened

Actually to start an app minimized you should call window.iconify before show_all.

summary:

- [regression] Windows that start minimized cannot be opened
+ [regression] Minimized windows cannot be opened

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2013-01-09

summary:	- [regression] Minimized windows cannot be opened + Race condition when gtk_window_iconify is called immediately after + gtk_window_show_*
Changed in unity:
assignee:	nobody → Andrea Azzarone (andyrock)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Andrea Azzarone (andyrock)
Changed in unity:
status:	Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-01-10: Re: Race condition when gtk_window_iconify is called immediately after gtk_window_show_*

andyrock: To avoid confusion and actually describe a problem that users will understand can we go back to the old bug title?

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2013-01-10

summary:	- Race condition when gtk_window_iconify is called immediately after - gtk_window_show_* + [regression] Minimized windows cannot be opened
summary:	- [regression] Minimized windows cannot be opened + Minimized windows cannot be opened
summary:	- Minimized windows cannot be opened + Windows that start minimized cannot be opened

PS Jenkins bot (ps-jenkins) on 2013-01-14

Changed in unity:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) on 2013-01-14

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-01-17:

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 6.12.0daily13.01.17-0ubuntu1

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unity (6.12.0daily13.01.17-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  [ Brandon Schaefer ]
  * [regression] Scrollbar Overlay still appears after the dash has
    closed. (LP: #1099999)

  [ Christopher Townsend ]
  * Dash - Users should be able to exit the Preview and return to the
    results by right or middle clicking anywhere inside the preview (LP:
    #1046315)

  [ Andrea Azzarone ]
  * Need some 'minimize' autopilot tests (LP: #1089981)
  * TestLauncherController.* fails (LP: #1089900)
  * Windows that start minimized cannot be opened (LP: #1087422)

[ Automatic PS uploader ]
* Automatic snapshot from revision 3043
-- Automatic PS uploader <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:03:58 +0000