Reply to message composer window opens behind main evolution window

[KarlRelton]

In evolution, open a message which opens a 'message reader' window.

In that window press the 'Reply' button - this opens a new 'message composer' window in which to type the reply

In 17.10 running under gnome-shell, the composer window is opened, but it also seems that the main Evolution window is also brought to the front ... leaving the newly opened composer window behind in the window stack.

Running 17.10 with the old unity does not have this problem

So I guess this bug may be a problem with gnome-shell rather than evolution - something is making it ping the main application window to the front.

[bastubis (pmg-gmx)]

Same issue, Ubuntu 17.10 with upstream vanilla GNOME shell and Evo 3.26.1-1 - when opened from the message window, the composer window is opening behind the main suite window. You have to spread the windows to find it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Lysias (lysiasthefox)]

Same issue composer window instantly loses focus and appears behind evolution message window... I'm not an Ubuntu user currently running Korora 4.13.16-202.fc26.x86_64

Gnome 3.24.3
Evolution 3.24.6 (3.24.6-1.fc26)

[C. S. (veedublud)]

Hopefully this gets fixed soon. It is very frustrating.

[Andre Klapper (a9016009)]

For GNOME 3.26 and Evolution 3.26 under Wayland this could have been https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780820 . This should be fixed in mutter 3.28 and was not an issue in Evolution itself.

Can someone confirm this?

[KarlRelton (karllinuxtest-relton)]

Yep - I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 using gnome-shell/wayland 3.28 and confirm it is now working okay