ALT+Tab doesn't switch between two most recent windows

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄]

Expected behaviour:-

Open multiple applications such as Chrome and lots of terminals.
With Chrome maximised press ALT+TAB quickly (no holding down).
Expect to get the last window I used (and no other) raised.

What actually happens:-

All windows of the app you're switching to come to the front. This of course can be suboptimal because it obscures what's behind (like the other app you were tabbing away from).

Look! I made a video!

(apologies for saying it's crap at the end, that's not directed at any individual, it's just because the behaviour seems, sub-optimal)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Q8Cd6piIc

ProblemType: Bug
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[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

Further to this I dont know if it's related but if I alt-tab away to the terminals, and close whichever was the one that was selected at the time, they all go to the back, and the browser comes back to front.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEvnmPT_fo

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

Added the design, since I guess we need their opinion as well, to determine the best solution, also because the current way it works is based on the same launcher icon selection algorithm (previously defined by design on many bugs we now fixed).

[John Lea (johnlea)]

@Treviño; will you be at UDS? I have had some extended discussions with Jason and didrocks on this exact subject, and this would be a good topic to discuss in person. Also see bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/861250

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)]

@johnlea: yes I'll be at UDS, we can discuss about this there, so!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.