A bit more testing (all on Ubuntu 14.04 as of 2014-04-01). XFCE4 (apt-get install xubuntu-desktop): Windows get focused on scroll events, so this bug could not be tested there. Couldn't easily find a setting to turn that off (I assume it's buried somewhere though). Nautilus, gEdit, mousepad all scroll normally, but of course they all are focused and brought to the top of the window stack on the first scroll event. FWIW, mousepad installed on Ubuntu 13.10 under the regular Unity 7 desktop scrolls without focus just fine. I noticed it's a GTK2 app.
KDE: Kate scrolls without focus, but gEdit does not. (just had to check whether KDE native apps had a similar issue). So it's basically GTK3 apps when not running under Gnome-Shell, and only with a mouse scrollwheel but not a touchpad, that have this issue with unfocused scrolling. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240957 Title: Scrolling behaviour and window focus has changed and is inconsistent Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: Fix Released Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I wasn't sure which package to file this bug against, but seeing as it's a general desktop usability/consistency bug, the top level desktop environment seemed like a good target. On Ubuntu 13.10, AMD64, everything default (Unity 7 on X.org etc), except for installing nvidia-319-updates, all current packages as of now (2013-10-17; unity 7.1.2+13.10.20131014.1-0ubuntu1), I now have this behaviour which is different from Ubuntu versions up to 13.04, and, is also inconsistent within itself. Here's what I've found: The scrolling behaviour has changed, and seems to be different per application in Ubuntu 13.10. The old behaviour (up to 13.04): mouse pointer above window would allow scrolling, regardless of focus Apps that use the old behaviour: libreoffice, firefox, gnome-terminal The new behaviour (13.10): window must be focused, and pointer hovered above to allow scrolling Apps that use the new behaviour: nautilus, gedit, ubuntu-bug, software-updater STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open gEdit, press enter until the window is scrollable. 2. Open Firefox, go to a webpage that's scrollable. 3. Place gEdit above Firefox but off to the right side so gEdit's scrollbar is still visible, have gEdit focused. 4. Position mouse pointer above gEdit, observe scrollwheel causes gEdit window to scroll. 5. Move mouse pointer above Firefox but do not focus Firefox, observe scrollwheel causes Firefox window to scroll. 6. Focus Firefox, leave pointer above Firefox, observe scrollwheel causes Firefox window to scroll 7. Move mouse pointer above gEdit but do not focus gEdit, observe scrollwheel FAILS to cause gEdit window to scroll. This behaviour is the same with any combination of the above apps (libreoffice, firefox, gnome-terminal all scrollable as long as pointer is above them; nautilus, gedit, software-updater, ubunut-bug will not scroll unless focused *and* have pointer above them) What *SHOULD* happen, is that any window will scroll as long as the pointer is above it. That's how it's always been in Ubuntu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: unity 7.1.2+13.10.20131014.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Thu Oct 17 22:12:18 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-30 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/1240957/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
