When switching desktops Hangouts always steals focus

[Amir Tahvildaran]

When I switch to a desktop that has the hangouts "window" on it, it steals the focus.

Steps to repeat:
* Desktop 1 has a terminal and the hangouts window
* Type in the terminal
* Switch to desktop 2 (using CTRL+ALT+RightArrow)
* Switch back to desktop 1
* Continue typing in the terminal

Outcome: Nothing happens in the terminal because your focus is on hangouts (as visible in the desktop title bar)

Expected: The terminal keeps focus

This is just one example (switching desktops) but there seems to be lots of different ways in which hangouts steals focus.

It's not a traditional window so I don't see options to disable "always on top" if that's what's happening.

I have tried to update the CCSM>General>Focus & Raise Behavior to set up focus prevention to no effect.

See also:
* https://askubuntu.com/questions/547328/google-hangouts-window-steals-focus-when-switching-desktops
* https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/hangouts/i-found-a-bug/feature-other/desktop-other/chrome-extension/wC-PJXBmGQU

[Amir Tahvildaran (amirdt22)]

It seems this is happening because Hangouts is "always on top" with no way to toggle it.

As a workaround I toggle this setting with:
  wmctrl -r Hangouts -b remove,above

I'd propose that windows without any title bars should allow us to right click on the top desktop bar to manage the window.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sami Haahtinen (ressu)]

This bug could be a duplicate of Bug #1125442