[regression][precise] Focus-follow-mouse is no longer compatible with fullscreen Flash

[Tristan Schmelcher]

Starting immediately after update from Oneiric to Precise, focus-follows-mouse no longer works with fullscreen Flash. When focus-follows-mouse is enabled, attempting to go fullscreen in a Flash video fails. The fullscreen window opens momentarily and then disappears. Very occasionally, it stays up. There does not seem to be any work-around. Both Firefox and Chrome are affected.

Repro steps:

1) Open CCSM.
2) Go to General Options -> Focus & Raise Behaviour.
3) Uncheck Click To Focus.
4) Go to www.youtube.com and play any video.
5) Try to go fullscreen.

Expected:

Fullscreen window should open and stay open.

Actual:

Fullscreen window almost always fails to stay open.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00 PDT 2012
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

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CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Apr 28 21:53:02 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-04-28 10:40:10,851 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
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   Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:5102]
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JockeyStatus:
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MachineType: System76, Inc. Serval Professional
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
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SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (0 days ago)
XorgConf:
 Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
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[costexx (costexx)]

When focus-follows-mouse is enabled, attempting to go fullscreen in a Flash video fails for me too (12.04). Also i can't rename desktop icons after enabling this function. I choose rename and the text becomes a textbox to be edited but it doesn't receive focus to edit. From nautilius it can be renamed without problems.

The same problem was happening in 11.10 to.

[Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount)]

This affects me too. I find that if you repeatedly click on maximize, eventually (on the 4th or 5th click), the maximization will "stick". Not ideal, but a "workaround" of sorts :)

I'm slightly concerned that Ubuntu is officially deprecating the notion of "focus follows mouse" and therefore won't fix this. After all, it is not possible to select focus follows without installing the non-standard config-compiz.

[Daniel Bergamini (daniel-bergamini)]

Experiencing the same symptoms here under 12.04. Just commenting to helpfully help get some visibility.

I don't know why more people don't use focus follows mouse, and auto-raise. Probably because the option has been completely removed from the default menus as posted above. These are pretty standard features for X Window Manager, why make them so difficult to configure? Now you have to know the feature exists and search for a way to enable it.

[Tristan Schmelcher (tschmelcher)]

FYI, this definitely did NOT happen for me on 11.10.

[Bart Janssens (bartholomeus-j)]

This problem did not happen to me on 11.10, from the day i upgraded to 12.04 getting flash video's to fullscreen has been hell. At least I'm glad to know why this happens now, disabling focus follows mouse restores the maximize function but somehow each release it's being made harder to keep on using focus follows mouse.

[Ed Bunker (calvin441h)]

This bug is almost nine months old and nothing happened.
It affects an LTS release but, as Unity cannot use follow focus mouse, nobody seems to care.
This is frustrating.