2011/9/27 matt <m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> > I have already submitted a bug for the fact that the last active window > is not necessarily the one which receives focus when switching between > applications with multiple windows. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/854643 > > I agree that bringing the whole group up can be annoying. Particularly > when trying to drag and drop between applications. > For example: > I have two nautilus windows, one occupying the left half of the screen > (say a removable device), one occupying the right (say my documents > folder). I also have a firefox window maximised, but behind the two > nautilus windows. I want to drag a file from the removable device into > my documents folder and then upload it to a website by drag and drop. I > drag and drop from the removable device to documents fine. But now, I > click on firefox, which covers both nautilus windows. So I click on > nautilus, which brings up both windows, covering the firefox window. It > means I must either move or close one of the nautilus windows to achieve > what I want. >
This is a very real annoyance that I encounter all the time when working with files and multiple windows. Copy paste and file attachements can quickly become a pain.
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