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We can't minimize maximized window when it can't be activated

Bug #746210 reported by Koichi Akabe on 2011-03-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #741143: min/max/close buttons not available when a prompt is open in maximized application. Edit Remove

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Confirmed	Low	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Maximized parent window can't be minimized when it can't be activated (e.g. Synaptic Package Manager).

step to repro:
1. launch Synaptic Package Manager
2. mark some packages
3. click Apply and show progress bar window
then, no way to minimize synaptic package manager until complete.

Koichi Akabe (vbkaisetsu) on 2011-04-03

summary:	- maximized parent window can't be minimized when it can't be activated + We can't be minimize maximized window when it can't be activated
summary:	- We can't be minimize maximized window when it can't be activated + We can't minimize maximized window when it can't be activated

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Alex Launi (alexlauni) wrote on 2011-04-06:

this bug is a duplicate but i can't find the original. confirming but please mark as dupe if anyone can find the other report.

Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Medium
importance:	Medium → Low

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kenden (kenden) wrote on 2011-05-14:

Aside from the Synaptic use case where the window cannot be activated, there's the more general issue that:
no close/minimize/restore buttons are displayed on not-active windows that are fullscreen.

So it takes an extra click to activate a window in order to use its buttons. That's a regression.
Should the buttons be displayed at all times to fix this?