Clicking icon in launcher fails to show the corresponding window for some window positions

Bug #801593 reported by OC
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Bug Description

When a window is positioned so that it spreads across desktops, the unity launcher fails to bring it to view when clicking its icon.

To reproduce:
1. Open a window (can be any application) in a not-maximized state
2. Bring it to the bottom-right desktop
3. Drag it down so that it overlaps below the desktop (ie. the bottom of the window should appear in the top of the top-right desktop)
4. Switch back to the top-left desktop
5. Now click on the icon for that window in the launcher.

Expected: user should be "switched" desktops so that the window is in view
Obtained: window is active but not visible (since it is not in the current desktop).

I can reproduce this all the time, regardless of the application, or whether it is minimized or not.

Ubuntu 11.04 i386 all up-to-date, standard install

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OC (olivier-c) wrote :

I can reproduce this reliably with an HP Elitebook 8540p, Ubuntu 11.04 up-to-date, standard install.

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OC (olivier-c) wrote :

I can also reproduce this reliably with an HP Elitebook 8440p.
(apologies for too many comments)

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 762335, so is being marked as such. Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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