focus-follows-mouse option fights alt-tab function

[Donny Viszneki]

If you enable focus-follows-mouse, and use the alt-tab function, sometimes focus follows the mouse after the alt-tab dialog disappears. The conditions don't seem entirely deterministic, but here is a tip: the problem doesn't occur if the mouse cursor is NOT WITHIN the alt-tab dialog, nor will the problem occur if the mouse cursor is WITHIN AN WINDOW ICON/PREVIEW within the alt-tab dialog. (What you should take away from that: make sure the mouse cursor is located near the edge of the alt-tab dialog.

I tried recording a video with Istanbul to show this problem, but Istanbul doesn't even appear to work either! I am submitting a bug for that, too, as I have some gstreamer experience.

P.S.

It's worth noting there is a bug sdfd that sounds similar prima fascia:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134686

[Donny Viszneki (donny-viszneki)]

I have created a video showing the problem persisting into Karmic Koala:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwSOmjM26dk

[Donny Viszneki (donny-viszneki)]

This behavior may only manifest itself when Compiz is enabled.

To enable "mouse-look" or "focus follows mouse" on Karmic Koala, go to System menu, Preferences, then Windows. Then enable the checkbox labeled "Select windows when the mouse moves over them."

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello Donny Viszneky
Sorry, but this bug is not reproducible by me in a Lucid installation.
Then i need some support from you.
Can you please open Synaptic (Sytstem - Administration) and reinstall all that is related to compiz, marking as remove completely (as it remove config files too), then reinstall them?
Thanks in advance.
:)Fabio

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!