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Bug 645829 - multiple monitors: different z-order of windows in secondary monitor when switching workspaces
multiple monitors: different z-order of windows in secondary monitor when swi...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 645035
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-03-27 14:54 UTC by alonlevy1
Modified: 2011-10-03 22:54 UTC
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Description alonlevy1 2011-03-27 14:54:42 UTC
If I have two windows (A,B) in the secondary monitory (I have a two monitor setup), and I set A above B in workspace 1, then switch to workspace 2, and set B above A, I can now switch between the workspaces and the windows will change order, as depicted ascii-art-ly below.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create window A and B, pull them both to the secondary screen
2. make sure you have two workspaces (create C and D and put one in each workspace)
3. switch to workspace 1, set A on top of B
4. go to workspace 2, set B on top of A
5. now switch back to 1

Expected behavior:
B remains on top of A

Actual behavior:
A becomes above B (i.e. it returns to the remembered state from workspace 1)

Additional info:

This state is remembered per workspace instead of globally - this is contradictory to the recently introduced notion that the non primary screens behave as though they have a single workspace. I would like to see that option toggleable, but at least for now it should be consistent, so if it's a single workspace it should have no per-workspace state.

Workspace 1:

----
|AA|
|AA|--
----B|
  |BB|
  ----

Workspace 2:

----
|AA|
|A----
--|BB|
  |BB|
  ----
Comment 1 Christopher Blay 2011-06-08 17:46:24 UTC
Seeing as Gnome Shell doesn't support workspaces on more than one screen, this is the only 'bug' that keeps me from using something else entirely. If this behavior is going to be changed then please reconsider adding a setting to allow all screens to change with workspaces.
Comment 2 Florian Müllner 2011-10-03 22:54:02 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. 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 645035 ***