GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 562495
Open an image with gimp doesn't give the focus to the gimp window
Last modified: 2020-11-06 20:07:15 UTC
Please describe the problem: When I open an image from Nautilus with gimp when gimp is already open, the gimp window doesn't have the active window. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Gimp alone, so without any image, for example by clicking in a panel icon. 2. Click on the "Show Desktop" button on the gnome panel. 3. In the desktop, click right on an image, go to "Open with" and choose "Open with Gimp". 4. Just wait that the image finishes to load in Gimp. Actual results: Gimp doesn't become the active window. We just continue to see the desktop. Expected results: The gimp window should be on top and appear. I do the same steps with gedit and a txt file and the gedit window becomes on top: 1. Open gedit. 2. Click on the "Show Desktop" button on the gnome panel. 3. In the desktop, click right on a txt file, go to "Open with" and choose "Éditeur de texte" (gedit). 4. Just wait that the file finishes to load in gedit. Gedit becomes on top and its window appears. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
This bug still occurs with Metacity 2.34 and Gimp 2.6.11 on Gnome 3.1.
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