active window border is same as nonactive

[David Balažic]

Ubuntu 10.10 desktop i386 - default settings (GNOME desktop)

The Window border fo the active windows (the selected one, the one with focus) is same as the border of inactive windows, except a slight change in the shade of gray and the orange color of the close button.

It appears like a copy of the Windows Aero beahvior.

Please don't do that (copy Windows blindly).
Think first !

At least the behavior of selected menu item was not copied (light blue for all items, slightly slightly darker nuance of light blue for the selected item - the difference is practically invisible on typical low cost LCD screens ).

Please fix this.

(I know there are other themes that are different, but this the default theme which is used by many many users)

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

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[David Balažic (xerces8)]

I respectfully disagree.

This is something that worked for decades just fine.

It is a regression.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you David Balažic for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please run from a command line: apport-collect 738287 .It will attach the required information to the report, for more detailed Debugging instructions please look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingCompiz. Thanks in advance.

[David Balažic (xerces8)]

1. I am running Ubuntu 11.04 now
2. It is (was) the default settings. You get them when booting any Ubuntu CD. Why do you need a report for?

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:50 AM, David Balažic
<email address hidden> wrote:
> 1. I am running Ubuntu 11.04 now
> 2. It is (was) the default settings. You get them when booting any Ubuntu CD. Why do you need a report for?

If you're getting getting the same decoration when the activity state
of the window changes then this is most likely an issue with the
driver not sending us damage events on the pixmap.

If you resize an inactive window (try Alt + Middle Mouse), does the
decoration change to the "inactive" state once its done resizing?

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[David Balažic (xerces8)]

Please read the original report.
The problem is not that the window does not get the correct decoration, but that the active and inactive are almost identical.

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

OK then, thought it was something else. Nevermind.

Subscribing ayatana-design so they can have a look at it :)

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:48 AM, David Balažic
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Please read the original report.
> The problem is not that the window does not get the correct decoration, but that the active and inactive are almost identical.
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[John Lea (johnlea)]

David Balažic: could you attach a screenshot annotated to show exactly what you are describing? thanks!

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

<http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features/social-and-email> features a screenshot demonstrating the problem. In any case, this is a duplicate.