Shortcuts not recognized on attempt to switch workspace after closing an application window

[Sam_]

Happens with conky either enabled
- own_window_type normal
or
- own_window_type desktop

Setup is unity with wall-plugin.

Test case.
Open a terminal window.
Switch to different workspace.
Open gedit.
Close gedit via window button or alt+f4.
Switch workspace back to terminal with ctrl+alt+arrow left (or wherever terminal window resides).
Result: nothing happens, although global menu shows desktop has focus.
Workaround: Left click on desktop or conky enables to switch workspace.

Expected.
Recognize shortcuts and switch workspaces, don't interfere with conky setup.

## Similar unexpected behaviour described in Bug #851989 - please ign, this is fixed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
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Date: Sun Oct 9 14:22:08 2011
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Different outcome on desktop-pc.
Setup: unity with cube-plugin, focus follows mouse and conky.
compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6

Open a terminal window.
Switch to different workspace.
Open gedit.
Close gedit via window button or alt+f4.
Switch workspace back to terminal with ctrl+alt+arrow left (or wherever terminal window resides).
Result: nothing happens, global menu still displays 'gedit' as focused, although it's closed.
Workaround: switch workspaces with mouse wheel. (left click on desktop doesn't help in this scenario.)

Switching workspaces is possible when firefox was in full screen mode, closing it allows to switch workspace via shortcut.
After closing gedit in full screen mode it doesn't allow to switch workspace via shortcut.

Another test-case:
Open a terminal and gedit on the same workspace.
Gedit has focus on top of terminal.
Close gedit, leaving terminal window open allows to switch workspace via shortcut.

Sum.
After closing a window leaving only the desktop it isn't possible to switch workspaces via shortcut.
Except after closing firefox in full screen mode.
After closing one window, leaving another open it's possible to switch workspaces via shortcut.

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Tested with Precise.
Still interferes with conky 'window_type normal'.
After closing e.g. gedit, the desktop doesn't get automatically focus, it needs a left click in order to focus the desktop, then switching the workspace via shortcut is possible.

I'd expect desktop gets focus after closing an application in order to switch workspaces via shortcut.
In guest-session it works as expected, but of course conky isn't running there.

compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8
  Candidate: 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Addendum regarding #3
setup:
desktop-pc
unity with cube-plugin, focus follows mouse and conky window_type normal.
compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6

Workaround after closing an application window, left click on conky (instead of desktop) allows shortcuts in order to switch workspaces.

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

There is different focus management.
Setup: laptop, unity and wall-plugin, conky window_type normal.
By left click on conky global menu says 'desktop' or 'workspace' (can use both terms when translated from german 'Arbeitsfläche'.)

Setup: desktop-pc, unity and cube, conky window_type normal.
By left click on conky global menu says 'conky'.

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Recent Oneiric update of unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2 fixed the focus issue.
Now it's possible to close an application and without mouse click intervention it accepts shortcut ctrl+alt+arrow in order to switch the workspace. After closing an application global menu automatically toggles to 'desktop'.
Thank you.