** Description changed:

  In some window managers (I believe KWin is one of them) the user is able
  to initiate a drag-and-drop operation, then press alt-tab to raise a
  window that will be the drop target, and only then release the mouse
  button so that the drag-and-drop is performed. This is not possible with
  Metacity, Beryl, Compiz or Xfwm. It is unclear to me whether this is a
  limitation of the window manager or some other part of the system.
+ 
+ 
+ ------------------------------------------
+ 
+ 
+ Use Case:
+ 
+ Dragging movie/audio files from nautilus to totem.
+ 
+ Steps to Reproduce:
+ 
+ 1.  open totem media player full screen
+ 2.  open nautilus full screen
+ 3.  browse to media files
+ 4.  select some media files (e.g. a movie file) and move it to start a drag 
and drop operation
+ 5.  press Alt+Tab
+ 
+ Observations:
+ 
+ Nothing happens.
+ 
+ Expected Results:
+ 
+ Alt+Tab should allow the user to switch tasks and preserve the drag
+ state, so the user can drag files from one application to another.
+ 
+ Notes:
+ 
+ Drag and drop works if the applications are tiled to the left/right of
+ each other, or if they are windowed so it should work when they are full
+ screen.

** Changed in: ayatana-design
     Assignee: (unassigned) => John Lea (johnlea)

** Changed in: ayatana-design
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: ayatana-design
       Status: New => Triaged

** Tags added: udp

** Changed in: unity
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: unity
    Milestone: None => backlog

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
       Status: Fix Released => Triaged

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
   Importance: Low => Medium

** Changed in: compiz
       Status: New => Confirmed

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  Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation

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