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Bug 564936 - Alt-tab window should follow the input focus in multihead mode
Alt-tab window should follow the input focus in multihead mode
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: metacity
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Metacity maintainers list
Metacity maintainers list
Depends on:
Blocks: randr-tracker
 
 
Reported: 2008-12-17 23:45 UTC by Federico Mena Quintero
Modified: 2020-11-06 20:09 UTC
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Description Federico Mena Quintero 2008-12-17 23:45:18 UTC 
1. Start with two monitors.

2. Use sloppy focus mode.

3. Focus a window in one monitor, and throw the mouse to the other monitor so that the window remains focused.

4. Hit Alt-Tab.

You'll see that the Alt-Tab window appears in the monitor that contains the mouse.  However, I was looking at the monitor that had the window with the keyboard input focus.  Maybe the Alt-Tab window (and the "flip to another desktop" window) should appear on the monitor that has the window with the input focus, rather than the monitor with the mouse?
Comment 1 Federico Mena Quintero 2008-12-18 17:53:20 UTC 
On thinking of this a bit more...

The Alt-Tab window and the "flip to another desktop" window should appear on the monitor that last received a mouse event or a keyboard-from-the-input-focus.

Case 1 - mouse event:  You were typing with the input focus in one monitor.  Then you move the mouse to the other monitor, and hit Alt-Tab - you want the selector window to be near the mouse.

Case 2 - input focus:  You focus a window and throw the mouse to the other monitor.  Then you type on the window for a while.  Then you hit Alt-Tab - you want the selector window to be near the input focus.
Comment 2 André Klapper 2020-11-06 20:09:14 UTC 
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