if app is running and minmised, open-with will not bring app to foreground

Bug #1178898 reported by Ezra Sharp
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mutter
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
elementary OS
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

If I open a video file in audience then either minimise audience or maximise another app in front of it and open another video file, audience will remain in the background.

A notification is given in Plank sometimes, but although the notification is useful, the problem itself is not solved and its just annoying. If I'm working on a file in GIMP and want to open another file, obviously I was to go straight back to the app.

I shouldn't have to manually select GIMP to bring it into the foreground (or maximise it)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.299-0~373~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-28.48~precise1-generic 3.5.7.9
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Sat May 11 15:46:36 2013
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 amd64 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Ezra Sharp (nicekiwi) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote :

I believe this is caused by focus grab prevention in Gala which we have inherited from Mutter.

Changed in elementaryos:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gala:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Tom Beckmann (tombeckmann) wrote :

What shnatsel says is correct, mutter is responsible for handling that part.

affects: gala → mutter
Changed in elementaryos:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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