At some point I discovered that if you click while pressing Meta, Super or Alt or whatever has been set as the special key, you can give focus to icons on the desktop anyway.
It works for me at least, but does it work for you? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955355 Title: Compiz does not allow focusing on the desktop with click-to-focus disabled Status in Compiz: Confirmed Status in Compiz Core: Confirmed Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: With click-to-focus disabled (follow focus), compiz does not allow focusing on the desktop with any non-minimized windows present. If click-to-focus is enabled, then compiz behaves as expected. Steps to reproduce: - disable click-to-focus in compiz - open at least one application - try to rename a file on the desktop At this point the desktop will not receive focus, and typing will go into the last focused window, not the desktop (for file rename). lsb_release info: Ubuntu precise (development branch) 12.04 compiz version: 1:0.9.7.0+bzr3035-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/955355/+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
