Needs to set timestamps, so applications don't open in background

Bug #1047809 reported by Dave Morley
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Messaging Menu
Triaged
High
Unassigned
indicator-messages (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Old way:
Click on inbox 3 in indicator messages and thunderbird became the foreground application with the first of the 3 emails in the inbox selected.

New Way:
Click on inbox 3 in indicator messages and thunderbird stays in the background with the first of the 3 emails in the inbox selected which makes it less usable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: indicator-messages 12.10.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.15-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 8 12:35:19 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120830)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-messages
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in indicator-messages (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue was fixed in 13.04 but is back in 13.10 with the indicator refactoring

Changed in indicator-messages (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in indicator-messages:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
summary: - Clicking on an email number/folder in the indicator does make
- thunderbird the forground app
+ Needs to set action timestamp so applications don't open in backgrouind
summary: - Needs to set action timestamp so applications don't open in backgrouind
+ Needs to set timestamps, so applications don't open in background
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