GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 555909
Alt-tab should focus frontmost transient window
Last modified: 2009-02-03 21:11:52 UTC
Right now Alt-Tab does not focus transient windows that do not appear in the window listing. This makes it impossible to focus (and interact with, close, ...) those windows without using a mouse. Test case: - Open a random window, e.g. a terminal - Open Epiphany - Open Epiphany's Help->About dialog - Alt-Tab to the other window - Alt-Tab back to Epiphany Expected results: - About dialog is focused so that I can close it Actual results: - Main Epiphany window is focused. I cannot close the about dialog without using my mouse. (Note that I use sloppy focus.)
Alt-f6 will let you reach them. Does that solve the problem?
Thanks, didn't know about that. That solves the problem partly. I'd still say that e.g. in the example I gave, the about dialog should be focused.
Thomas, do you agree the frontmost window should be focused by default?
Yes, except in the case of always-on-top windows.
I'd say "Yes, except if the transient itself is listed in alt+tab". So the proper method seems to end up as "when switching windows, focus the frontmost transient set to skip the window list".
Thomas, is there a chance to have this in 2.26? That would be awesome :)