Banshee steals focus when starting

Bug #738862 reported by André Ventura
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Banshee
Confirmed
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banshee (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: banshee

Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
11.04

banshee 1.9.5-1ubuntu1
compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu7
unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1
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Banshee steals focus (twice!) when starting. I think this is a usability problem and can also, to a certain point, be a security problem, since that if you are, for example, writing a password somewhere and then Banshee steals the focus, you'll be writing the password at Banshee's search box (and someone may be looking).

What I expected to happen:
- I'm reading something at, say, Firefox (gedit, evince, instant messaging, etc.), click on the Banshee icon and click immediately on the application I was, to keep reading/doing what I was doing. Banshee should start in the background.

What happens:
- I'm reading something at, say, Firefox (gedit, evince, instant messaging, etc.), click on the Banshee icon and click immediately on the application I was, to keep reading/doing what I was doing. Banshee window steals focus and appears at foreground. I switch again to the application I was before and then Banshee, when it ends loading the music library, steals focus again, appearing in the foreground.

André Ventura (afv)
description: updated
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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

confirmed

Changed in banshee (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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jhfhlkjlj (fdsuufijjejejejej-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Reported upstream.

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote :

André, are you still facing this behaviour with latest release of banshee shipped in the final Ubuntu Natty Narwhal version? Thank you

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André Ventura (afv) wrote :

Yes, still the same behaviour.

banshee 2.0.0-2ubuntu1

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Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote :

This is most probably a compiz issue, as was bug #773428. Banshee just requests attention from the window manager. Actually focusing and raising the window is done by the window manager, which in this case is Compiz.

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Chow Loong Jin (hyperair) wrote :

Hmm, okay, maybe not. As Martin mentioned, the issue is that Banshee steals focus *twice*. The rest of the bug is Compiz's fault.

Changed in banshee:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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August Karlstrom (fusionfile) wrote :

I can confirm this bug and I use the Blackbox window manager (no Compiz involved).

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