Focus gets reverted to root window when switching viewports/ unity shortcuts stolen activation makes viewport switching

Bug #745430 reported by Sam Spilsbury
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
Medium
Sam Spilsbury
compiz (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Sam Spilsbury
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Sam Spilsbury

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

That basically makes focus completely unpredictable. That's bad.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz)
milestone: none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-1
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote :

This breaks certain interactions with the spread and is important

Changed in unity:
assignee: nobody → Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz)
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → 3.8.2
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

please Sam, don't target for beta1, it's too late for it.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
milestone: ubuntu-11.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-11.04-beta-2
Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

Right. Lowering the priority. There are unfortunately bugs more frequent and widespread than those involving viewport switching.

Changed in unity:
importance: High → Medium
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance: High → Medium
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.2 → 3.8.4
milestone: 3.8.4 → 3.8.2
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.2 → 3.8.4
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

Raising the priority as it impacts bug #745430 which is the unity default

summary: - Focus gets reverted to root window when switching viewports
+ Focus gets reverted to root window when switching viewports/ unity
+ shortcuts stolen activation makes viewport switching
Changed in unity:
importance: Medium → High
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.4 → 3.8.6
Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.6 → 3.8.8
Changed in unity:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote :

Depends on the implicit grab stuff in core, and we're merging that in for O

Changed in unity:
milestone: 3.8.8 → backlog
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
milestone: ubuntu-11.04-beta-2 → none
importance: High → Medium
Changed in unity:
importance: High → Medium
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
Changed in unity:
importance: Medium → High
Revision history for this message
David Barth (dbarth) wrote :

Note to the release team: it's a won't-fix for Natty though

Changed in unity:
importance: High → Medium
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance: High → Medium
Changed in unity:
status: In Progress → Confirmed
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz)
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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