Metacity drops applications that do not want focus from Alt-Tab list

[Giles Atkinson]

The list of windows displayed when using the Alt-Tab shortcut should include at least the main window for each application showing on the task bar. But windows that use the WM_HINTS property to indicate that they are not interested in keyboard input are not included. A simple example program to demonstrate the problem is attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: metacity 1:2.30.3-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 2 17:49:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: metacity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Giles Atkinson (giles-atkinson)]

Demonstration program attached

[dino99 (9d9)]

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