Focus follows mouse behavior after window close faulty

[Julian Andrews]

Under Unity using focus follows mouse if you are working in window A, then mouse over window B and close it with a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+W, Alt+F4, etc) but the cursor has passed over window C( or even if window C is behind window B but has never had focus) window C is brought to the front. Prior to Unity, window A remained in front.

The old behavior is obviously much more reasonable since the last program to have focus is much less relevant than the last program to be in front. In a context where the front window always has focus, the difference is irrelevant, but when a window in the background can have focus and receive input, the assumption is that the user chooses which windows to bring up, and so bringing one to the front when user closes a third, unrelated, window is distracting, and upsets workflow.

I like unity, but I like focus follows mouse more, and currently this bug (combined with the menu issues, for which, at least there are workarounds) makes the two only barely compatible.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Joseph Martinot-Lagarde (contrebasse)]

Very painful, especially when I work with many windows above a maximized windows. The maximized one is brought to front each time I close a small one, hiding everything.
I use compiz standalone, without unity.

[X (s-u)]

this bothers me way too many times a day, I made a picture to make the case clearer.