In 11.10, the inconsistency has been addressed - by not drawing the border for completely obscured windows. So far, I think it's a perfectly reasonable solution.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/829415 Title: Alt+tab window switcher doesn't show obscured windows Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Environment: "Ubuntu classic", no desktop effects 1) Maximize a Firefox window 2) Open one other application, say Calculator 3) alt+tab back to Firefox. Calculator is now hidden, because Firefox is in front of it. 4) Press and hold alt+tab. The window switcher will show that you are about to switch back to Calculator. It will also draw a nice outline around the Calculator window. However, the outline is all you can see of the window. The actual calculator is still hidden behind the Firefox window. Expected behaviour: the calculator should be raised temporarily, so you can see what you're about to switch to. ("Temporarily", because if you release and re-press tab, switching to a different window, then the Calculator window should drop back again). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: metacity 1:2.30.3-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 19 13:50:50 2011 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: metacity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-19 (60 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/829415/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
