gtk.Window.present()

[Alex Mauer]

gtk.Window.present() does not work if raise_on_click is set false in gconf. That is, it does not raise the window, although it does focus it.
 http://pygtk.org/pygtk2reference/class-gtkwindow.html#method-gtkwindow--present

The fact that the window manager option changes this behavior makes me think it is a metacity bug rather than a gtk or pygtk bug.

[Phil Bull (philbull)]

Thanks for the report.

Do you have some example code or a screenshot which would show this issue?

[Alex Mauer (hawke)]

The software I noticed triggering the bug is gajim (http://gajim.org) -- It's a Jabber client, and when there are unread messages, clicking in the tray icon is supposed to activate that window. It uses gtk.Window.present to do so, but the window doesn't come to the front, it's only focused.

[Alex Mauer (hawke)]

Info provided; please let me know if it is not adequate, and what further info I need to provide.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

What version of Ubuntu do you use? Do you still have that issue? Does it work with an other focus mode?

[Alex Mauer (hawke)]

I'm using Edgy. I still have the issue. Changing focus_mode has no effect, raise_on_click is the key that affects this behavior.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

what focus method to you use (/apps/metacity/general/focus_mode gconf key)?

[Alex Mauer (hawke)]

I use sloppy focus, but the problem occurs regardless of this setting.

[Alex Mauer (hawke)]

Info provided.

[Marnanel Thurman (marnanel)]

Confirmed. This doesn't seem to happen in 2.17.1 (the version in Edgy) but it occurs with HEAD. Now investigating.

[Marnanel Thurman (marnanel)]

This is explicitly done in window_activate() in window.c. Elijah added the check in revision 1.408; I've contacted him to ask why.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thomas, thank you for working on that

[Marnanel Thurman (marnanel)]

Elijah explains in the upstream bug that this behaviour is according to design. When raise_on_click is not set, the *only* thing which can raise a window is a pager. gajim is not a pager, therefore it cannot raise windows (not even its own). The solution is for gajim to register as a pager.