Unity spread "randomly" shuffles overlapping windows
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unity |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
When the spread is used to display multiple windows of the same application, Unity will randomly order those windows if they overlap.
This is annoying when trying to locate one window from a group of very similar windows, eg terminal windows. Since they all look the same in the spread I have to check each one in turn. But because Unity shuffles them around, it is impossible to tell which ones I have already checked.
Here is a video which demonstrates the bug: http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Sat Jan 14 16:51:51 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-09 (96 days ago)
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
This bug becomes annoying when you have many similar looking windows open. For example, see screenshot. Can you tell me which PDF is the datasheet for ATmega328P? I doubt you can without zooming in to the screenshot to an excessive level. In real life you would have to just check each open PDF one at a time.
So you start with the top left and work through them. But each time you check one, they shuffle randomly. Oh, my mistake. None of them are the datasheet for ATmega328P. It's not open. You just spent 5 minutes looking for something that isn't even there. Or is it? There's no way to know if it's not there, or if Unity just keeps moving it to a position you already checked.
So in summary, this behaviour is extremely irritating and a massive waste of my time.