Window selector will not switch windows when there is a drop down selector

[Micah Gersten]

WORKAROUND: Use ALT + TAB to switch windows

Binary package hint: xfce4-panel

If I have more than 5 or 6 open windows now with everything squeezed into one panel, I get one or 2 drop downs in the panel. The problem is that they don't switch windows.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xfce4-panel 4.8.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 27 10:42:21 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-panel
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-06 (21 days ago)

[Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)]

i can confirm this issue in natty.
when grouping is activated (set to "always"), there's a dropdown-list of the respective windows, but clicking an item in the list doesn't bring the window forward, instead nothing happens.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Is it https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7362 ?

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Lionel confirmed on IRC that the current natty version is affected.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xfce4-panel - 4.8.2-1ubuntu1

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xfce4-panel (4.8.2-1ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches:
    - xubuntu_support-multiple-vendor-default-configs.patch: search for the
      default.xml default config in XDG_CONFIG_DIRS as well, and do not
      display the chooser dialog in this case. lp: #747137
    - 0001-Tasklist-add-button-release-event-to-proxy-item-bug-.patch: taken
      from upstream git 'xfce-4.8' branch, fixes window switching with a
      drop down selector. lp: #743689
    - series: added.
 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:43:00 +0200