On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Sam Spilsbury <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Daniel Wagenaar <[email protected]> wrote: >> In Compiz 0.9.4.0 as shipped with Ubuntu 11.04 this bug still affects >> me. I am not using Unity, but "classic gnome". When I close the last >> window on a workspace using key bindings, so that no window has focus >> any more, key bindings cease to work. I first noticed this happening if >> Nautilus is running without drawing the desktop (I use Compiz's >> wallpaper plugin). However, the problem did not go away if I re-enabled >> Nautilus's desktop. > > Interesting. Could you run xev -root in a terminal, reproduce this bug > and then send me the output ? > >> >> Perhaps this is naive, but why doesn't Compiz process key bindings >> independently of whether any window has focus? Focus state seems hardly >> relevant for key bindings for, e.g., Desktop Wall. > > We use XGrabKey, so this shouldn't be an issue.
Well, rather, XGrabKey doesn't work in situations where the focus is on a parent window (eg the root window) which is probably what's happening in this case. > >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671459 >> >> Title: >> [compiz++] Compiz sometimes loses focus when closing some windows >> >> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: >> Fix Released >> >> Bug description: >> Binary package hint: compiz >> >> With compiz++, closing certain windows can cause focus to be >> completely lost, such that even Compiz's keybindings do not work until >> clicking on another window. >> >> Currently the only consistent way I have been able to reproduce it is >> using Pidgin, by bringing the buddy list to the top via a keybinding >> in Compiz and this command: dbus-send --session >> --dest=im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService --print-reply >> /im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject >> im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterace.PurpleBlistSetVisible int32:1 >> >> What happens is:- >> 1. Press keybinding >> 2. Pidgin's window appears on top of everything, but unfocused, and >> demanding attention (focus prevention = normal) >> 3. Use the "Activate Demanding Attention Window" action from Extra WM >> Actions >> 4. Pidgin is now focused. Press Alt+F4 to get rid of it. >> 5. Focus is now completely lost, and none of Compiz's keybindings work >> until clicking on a window to bring focus to it. >> >> Further experimentation has shown that Pidgin's buddy list window is >> the only one which appears on top even when not focused, and I think >> this may be related to why focus is lost when closing this window. >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/671459/+subscriptions >> > > > > -- > Sam Spilsbury > -- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671459 Title: [compiz++] Compiz sometimes loses focus when closing some windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/671459/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
