Minimizing Google Chrome breaks window switching in MATE

Bug #1593426 reported by Ben High
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

After clicking the minimize button on a Google Chrome window, the next un-minimized window does not get selected, and switching windows by clicking on them completely fails to work in MATE. You can still use Alt-Tab to switch windows, but clicking them does absolutely nothing. This problem does not occur in Marco, and I haven't seen this problem on any desktop other than MATE.

Distribution: Ubuntu MATE 16.04
Compiz version: 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160526-0ubuntu1
Google Chrome version: 51.0.2704.84-1

Steps to recreate:
1. Open a Google Chrome window. It does not have to be maximized.
2. Minimize the window.

Expected result: The next visible window is selected, and the user can switch windows by clicking on them.
Actual result: The next visible window is not selected, and clicking another window does not switch to it. Alt-Tab works, but Google Chrome must be restored by clicking on the icon in the panel in order for Compiz to work properly again.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Crishu (crishurazvi) wrote :

Can be recreated in:

Ubuntu MATE 16.04

Compiz Version 0.9.12.2
Google Chrome Version 55.0.2883.21 Beta

Can't switch windows if Chrome gets minimized, and this problem does not occur in Macro.

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pemartins (paulo76-algarve) wrote :

With Chromium 63.0.3239.84 the bug remains.

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Ivnitskii Andrei (ivnitsky-a) wrote :

Ubuntu 18.04 MATE. Same problem

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grenudi (grenudi) wrote :

Guys it's not a bug, actualy. Just change hotkeys alt+tab to switch "all windows" in setting, by default it switches active windows.

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