Public bug reported:

Upgraded to 18.04.2 LTS (GNOME Shell 3.28.4/X11) from 16.04 LTS (Unity)
and noticed that Alt-Tab task switcher doesn't update immediately with
LibreOffice documents.

Case in point:
I've got LibreOffice, Firefox and a Nautilus window with a directory of 
LibreOffice spreadsheets open. When I Alt-Tab through this I see a generic 
LibreOffice icon, a Firefox icon (and its open windows) and a Nautilus icon. 
I'll then switch to the Nautilus window and open spreadsheet(s) and I see that 
LibreOffice has loaded them in the background behind the Nautilus window. Now 
when I Alt-Tab to switch to LibreOffice, there is not even a generic 
LibreOffice icon anymore. If I wait a few seconds and Alt-Tab again, I then see 
a LibreOffice Calc icon (and the open file windows).

Update: I restarted using Wayland instead of X11 and the problem seems
resolved, although LibreOffice defaults to a generic LO icon instead of
a specific Writer/Calc/Draw/etc. icon in the switcher. But Wayland is
not yet an option for me at present. Nevertheless it exists in GNOME
Shell using X11.

I haven't noticed similar behaviour with other programs with similar
lags in the task switcher. This delay wasn't present (for me) before the
upgrade/switch to GNOME Shell, so I'm assuming it's a Ubuntu/GNOME
problem. I've also seen that similar problems have been reported in the
past but for the most part they are quite old and I did not find this
reported with the latest GNOME/Ubuntu 18.04LTS hence my new bug report.
Thank you.

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: 18.04lts gnome-shell libreoffice

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