GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 347217
popping up window of app 1 gives focus to (fullscreened) window of app 2
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:08:00 UTC
Please describe the problem: When I have one app in fullscreen mode (via F11 or metacity's 'toggle fullscreen') and ... amarok, which is focused (but not in full screen), I pick "fetch from amazon.com" from the album cover right click menu, as soon as the proposed cover is fetched and popped up in a new window focus is being lost to the fullscreen app. Focus should stay with amarok. I can't reproduce it with any other app and popping window. Steps to reproduce: 1. bring app to full screen mode 2. give amarok focus 3. pick "fetch from amazon.com" from cover right click menu Actual results: focus is being lost to app which is in fullscreen mode Expected results: see the fetched cover, with amarok still in focus Does this happen every time? yeap Other information: This pertains amarok, but I think the root of the problem may be somewhere in WM. Another thing is that this bug (if it is at all a metacity bug) somewhat resembles bug nr. 308322, but I don't know if culprit of this behaviour is the same in both cases.
Yeah, looks like the same bug. To verify, can you run xprop | grep "\(_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE\|TRANSIENT\)" in a terminal, then click on the window popped up by amarok, then report the result here?
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG WM_TRANSIENT_FOR(WINDOW): window id # 0x2a0000d Hope this helps :)
Ouch, sounds like a different bug. I'll add a note in the other bug since they do look somewhat related, though.
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