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Bug 788846 - window focus regression with resizable half-tiling
window focus regression with resizable half-tiling
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 788644
Product: mutter
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: mutter-maint
mutter-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-10-11 19:16 UTC by David Jordan
Modified: 2017-10-11 22:39 UTC
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Description David Jordan 2017-10-11 19:16:28 UTC
Focusing one half-tiled window now hides any non-half-tiled windows by raising both itself and the half-tiled window next to it.  

Example: The user has a half-tiled text editor (left), a half-tiled web browser (right) for documentation, and a terminal that isn't half tiled.  The terminal is focused and above the web browser.  Switching focus to the *text editor* now hides the terminal behind the *web browser*.

This behavior feels unexpected and counter-intuitive.  It is surprising to alt-tab or click on a window and have some other window spring to the foreground as well.  It's especially surprising when picking a window from the overlay.
Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2017-10-11 22:39:34 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 788644 ***