GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 171543
Opening a folder already open on another workspace switches active workspace
Last modified: 2005-06-04 20:41:36 UTC
Please describe the problem: With Gnome 2.10, trying to open a folder in Nautilus from Workspace B which is already opened on Workspace A will switch the active workspace to A, instead of moving the already opened window to the current workspace. This is a rather drastic change from prior spatial behavior. This is due to a Metacity change discussed in bug 128380. Steps to reproduce: Actual results: Expected results: Does this happen every time? Other information:
this one is really annoying. The proper behaviour would be to at least move the window to the current workspace or to open a new one leaving the other one on the previous workspace. This is a regression with 2.8 Confirming as I was about to report the same duplicate.
that's a gtk issue: #166379 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 166379 ***
It's still a bug that has to be worked around, just like it was in gedit and tomboy. The duplicate bug in question isn't a gtk bug, it's related to a metacity change: see bug 128380. I see no evidence of metacity reverting to the old behavior any time soon.
breaking nautilus is not an option. This is a gtk bug and it's going to be fixed as said on #128380 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 128380 ***
This report is a gtk bug because it was decided that gtk_window_present() should do what it has always done before; the problem was that gtk+ depended on buggy Metacity behavior and now that Metacity is fixed, gtk+ needs to be fixed as well. So Sebastien marked it correctly the first time...though as long as its marked a duplicate it probably doesn't matter. :) Hope that helps...