Right. That option uses a lot of hacks to work correctly.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Rocko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think I've tracked this to the compiz setting 'Utilities / Workarounds
> / Keep previews of minimized windows'. With this set, when you minimize
> a window unity-launcher indicates that it still has focus and popup
> dialogs or windows often appear behind the main window.
>
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> Title:
>  unity-compiz develops focus problems and sends input to minimized
>  windows
>
> Status in Unity:
>  New
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  Recently unity-compiz has been getting itself into a state on my PC
>  where it loses track of windows, with the following symptoms:
>
>  a) Without being prompted, it decides that a particular window is
>  'always on top'. If you click on another application, the original
>  window stays on top.
>
>  b) Even if you minimize this window, input is still sent to it when
>  the mouse is over the location where the window last was seen.
>
>  So if for instance the window mistakenly 'always on top' is gnome-
>  terminal and there is a firefox window open, if I minimize gnome-
>  terminal so that only firefox is showing, when I move the mouse over
>  the section of firefox that was formerly covered by gnome-terminal,
>  the mouse cursor turns into a 'typing input' cursor, and I can't click
>  on links etc in firefox, and that part of firefox becomes unusable. It
>  doesn't have to be firefox - for instance, I had the problem in apport
>  and I couldn't click on the 'Send' button because the input was being
>  sent to the minimized window.
>
>  If the window 'always on top' is nautilus and it is minimized, when I
>  move the cursor over its former location in say firefox and press the
>  right mouse button, I get the nautilus popup menu.
>
>  Closing the 'always on top' window makes the problem go away but then
>  compiz often mysteriously chooses another window to be 'always on
>  top'.
>
>  This has been happening more and more frequently. I am also using the
>  unity desktop more heavily now by opening more windows at once.
>
>  I have been running a natty VM in VirtualBox at the same time as
>  running natty in the host (where I am seeing the issue) in case that
>  makes a difference.
>
>  Any suggestions on how to debug this further?
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CheckboxSubmission: 1bd8e90541d49b96c13cbfcc9baf103b
>  CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
>  CompizPlugins: 
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,dbus,staticswitcher,place,session,mousepoll,resize,vpswitch,move,wall,snap,gnomecompat,regex,thumbnail,extrawm,animation,workarounds,fade,expo,scale,unityshell]
>  Date: Tue Apr 12 08:57:38 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-11 (0 days ago)
>


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Sam Spilsbury

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