GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 562519
The second image window opens behind the dialogs an the other image window
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:06:29 UTC
Please describe the problem: When I open a second image in Gimp, its window appears behind all others. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Gimp. 2. In the no-image-window menu, go to "File > Open" and choose an image. 3. In the image-window menu, go to "File > Open" and choose another image. Actual results: The second image-window opens behind the dialogs and behind the other image-window. Expected results: The second image-window should be all visible. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
Created attachment 123582 [details] The no-image-window It will attach 3 screen shots. This first screen shot shows the no-image-window, so it shows Gimp when I open it by the Gnome menu.
Created attachment 123583 [details] The first image-window Here's the second screen shot. It shows the first image-window.
Created attachment 123584 [details] The second image-window The last screen shot. Here's the second image-window. We can see that this second image-window opens behind the dialogs and behind the first image-window.
Hi and thanks for the bug report! This is probably a window manager problem. What window manager are you using? Can you reproduce this if you set the window hints to Normal window for the Docks and Toolbox? (Edit -> Preferences -> Window Management)
And please update to GIMP 2.6.3. Bug #559580 has some effect on this.
(In reply to comment #4) > Hi and thanks for the bug report! This is probably a window manager problem. > What window manager are you using? I use metacity 2.24.0-0ubuntu1. Others informations: Gnome 2.24.1 Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit > Can you reproduce this if you set the window > hints to Normal window for the Docks and Toolbox? (Edit -> Preferences -> > Window Management) Yes. The second window is now above the Docks and Toolbox, but is still behind the first image-window. It will attach a screen shot in a next message.
Created attachment 123616 [details] The second image-window with normal window The second image-window when I set the window hints to Normal window for the Docks and Toolbox.
(In reply to comment #5) > And please update to GIMP 2.6.3. Bug #559580 has some effect on this. I've updated to Gimp 2.6.3, but the bug is still there. There's just a very little difference: the second image-window is a few pixels lower than before. I will attach screen shots.
Created attachment 123618 [details] Gimp 2.6.3: the second image-window with normal window On Gimp 2.6.3: the second image-window when I set the window hints to Normal window for the Docks and Toolbox.
Created attachment 123619 [details] Gimp 2.6.3: the second image-window with utility window On Gimp 2.6.3: the second image-window when I set the window hints to Utility window for the Docks and Toolbox.
See also http://bugs.debian.org/510543
According to the reporter of the Debian bug, this doesn’t happen when raise-on-click is disabled (which is why I couldn’t reproduce it).
It's still buggy with Metacity 2.34 and Gimp 2.6.11 on Gnome 3.1. The second window is now open above the first image-window, but still behind the Docks and Toolbox.
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