opening a libreoffice document, the LO window does not appear in unity/task switcher

Bug #886762 reported by Reece H. Dunn
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

0. Pin libreoffice calc to the unity launcher side bar.
1. Open a nautilus instance.
2. Navigate to a location containing an ods spreadsheet.
3. Double click on the ods spreadsheet to launch libreoffice calc.
4. Press Alt+Tab to switch between applications.

NOTE: libreoffice calc does not appear in the task switcher.

5. Move the mouse to the far left to open the lask launcher.

NOTE: libreoffice calc in the launcher does not indicate that it has an instance running.

6. Select libreoffice calc in the launcher.
7. Press Alt+Tab to switch between applications.

NOTE: The libreoffice calc instance from (6) appears in the task switcher, but the one from (3) does not.

8. Move the mouse to the far left to open the lask launcher.

NOTE: Only one calc instance is highlighted (a white arrow instead of two dots).

9. Alt+Tab to the calc instance.

NOTE: Both windows become visible -- only the selected instance should become visible.

10. Minimize the instance opened in (3).
11. Select the full-screen nautilus window.
12. Alt+Tab to the calc window.

NOTE: Only the calc instance in (6) is displayed.

13. Select the document opened from (3) in the "Recent Documents" menu of the calc instance opened in (6).

NOTE: The calc instance from (3) is focused, but is not present in the unity launcher or task switcher (4-5).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 5434425585a31b50d9fa7c3153a37fe1
CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,regex,snap,move,vpswitch,grid,mousepoll,gnomecompat,animation,place,imgpng,wall,expo,resize,unitymtgrabhandles,ezoom,workarounds,session,fade,scale,unityshell]
Date: Sun Nov 6 07:59:03 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (42 days ago)

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Reece H. Dunn (msclrhd-gmail) wrote :
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Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 842566, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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