I've been checking this and I can confirm the issue in xenial. Clicking at the next/previous buttons does not send the expected dbus message, so something in the indicator might be wrong. The play/pause button seems to be working fine, though.
In relation to having the focus in rhythmbox ... it depends on if the application was started by the indicator or by its own. If the application is NOT started from the sound indicator then clicking on its name on the indicator does not focus the player. Under investigation... ** Changed in: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Xavi Garcia (xavi-garcia-mena) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity API bugs, which is subscribed to The Sound Menu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245495 Title: Rhythmbox controls and track info broken Status in The Sound Menu: Incomplete Status in indicator-sound package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: A Rhythmbox section appears in the indicator menu as it should but there are several glitches: When RB isn't running > click on the icon in the indicator > RB starts as expected :-) When RB is running > click on the icon in the indicator > RB icon wiggles in launcher but window doesn't come to focus :-( Track info and album art appears in notifications, but is never shown in the sound menu. Regardless of whether RB is running: Sound menu track controls (prev, play/pause, next) do nothing. The play/pause button has a dotted orange ring, which turns to an orange square on mouseover (see screenshots). Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit unity: 7.1.2+13.10.20131014.1-0ubuntu1 indicator-sound: 12.10.2+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 rhythmbox: 2.99.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-sound/+bug/1245495/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs Post to : unity-api-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp