Clicking in messaging menu does not switch to different virtual desktop to show app

[Jono Bacon]

Binary package hint: unity

This is how you re-produce this bug (assume I have Evolution open on my top-right virtual desktop):

 1. I am current on my top-left virtual desktop. I get an email and my messaging menu turns blue.
 2. I see there is one email. I click that item in the messaging menu.
 3. Nothing happens and evolution is not focused.

This makes for confusing behavior and makes the messaging menu much less useful - it notifies me that it needs attention, and when I seek to react, nothing happens.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,resize,animation,gnomecompat,move,imgpng,grid,mousepoll,wall,compiztoolbox,unitymtgrabhandles,snap,expo,place,vpswitch,workarounds,ezoom,session,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
Date: Mon Apr 4 10:23:53 2011
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu1

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Hi Jono,

Thanks for reporting this bug! BTW, this is a bug in indicator-messaging and not in Unity.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

it's a known bug and a duplicate, the behaviour is coming from gtk and compiz

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

to gives some details there is no specified standard on what a show() call should do:
- bring the user to the workspace which has the dialog you want to see
- bring the dialog to the workspace you are on
- do the claim for attention notification

the way it's working with compiz is the third one, each way has its issues though