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compiz package

alt-tab does not always work, instead is overridden by focus-follows-mouse

Bug #755156 reported by Kees Cook on 2011-04-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #762032: alt+tab broken with click-to-focus off. Edit Remove

This bug affects 18 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Fedora)	Fix Released	Medium	gnome-bugs #597190
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

The default window switcher under unity in compiz suffers from not being able to deal with focus-follows-mouse. (This is not a unity issue, I experience it with just plain compiz too.

Attached is a video demonstrating it. The point is that the terminal on the left will remain focused even after selecting the firefox window on the far right. It is not always reproducible.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110407-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.DVI.D.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1920x1200 1600x1200 1280x1024 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
edid-base64: AP///////wAQrBXwTDZDNCEUAQOANCB47h7Frk80sSYOUFSlSwCBgKlA0QBxTwEBAQEBAQEBKDyAoHCwI0AwIDYABkQhAAAaAAAA/wBDNTkyTTA4QzRDNkwKAAAA/ABERUxMIFUyNDEwCiAgAAAA/QA4TB5REQAKICAgICAgAGw=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Fri Apr 8 17:42:58 2011
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29b2] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4f4a]
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4f4a]
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=/dev/mapper/systemvg-root2lv ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2006-11-27 (1593 days ago)
XorgConf:
Section "ServerFlags"
  Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 09/22/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: JOQ3510J.86A.0954.2008.0922.2331
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DQ35JO
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAD82085-800
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrJOQ3510J.86A.0954.2008.0922.2331:bd09/22/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDQ35JO:rvrAAD82085-800:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110407-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu11
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6

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Kees Cook (kees) wrote on 2011-04-09:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (67.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (253.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (17.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (931 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (142.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (294.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (587 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (47.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (42.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (688 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Kees Cook (kees) wrote on 2011-04-09:

VID_20110408_174214.3gp Edit (13.9 MiB, video/3gpp)

Watch the orange highlight on the terminal's "close" button to see that it remains focused when it shouldn't.

Mohsin Falak (fi8er1) on 2011-04-10

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

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Christopher Barrington-Leigh (cpbl) wrote on 2011-05-11:

In compiz (not unity), I find this bad behaviour pretty reliable / reproducible, not occasional. Focus always follows original mouse position rather than selected window. (Marked my 779191 as duplicate)

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-06-04

Changed in compiz (Fedora):
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-09-12

Changed in compiz (Fedora):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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Christian Reis (kiko) wrote on 2011-12-15:

I think this is a dupe of bug 762032 -- Kees, I think the reason you are able to focus the browser window to your left is that it the mouse cursor happens to appear inside it.