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["Sam \"SmSpillaz\" Spilsbury" <smspillaz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:30 AM, frederik.nnaji
<frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 03:14, Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury <
> smspillaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> I'm thinking of a problem here where eg, scale mode is initiated just
>> to get an *overview* of windows (eg with button or keybinding) but
>> then if your mouse ends up over another window because of a layout,
>> that window now becomes "on top" even though you probably didn't
>> intend it to be.
>>
>> Maybe the better solution is to select underneath the pointer on one
>> of those button presses.
>>
>
> as long as a right-click would then still zoom into that object, and a
> middle-click would then still close that window, ok.
> otherwise what i'm seeing as a follow-up problem, is that you would have to
> click to focus, then click again to zoom in or to close.

I fixed it upstream - all button events cause the window to be
selected, if it happens to be one of the "special" buttons then it
will also close or zoom the window too.

>
> the best solution of course would be to make Compiz Scale the new ALT-TAB.
> We should start thinking about making the desktop more straightforward, and
> showing window previews would be a step in that direction.

They are semantically different so I don't know if this makes much
sense.

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> Title:
>  Scale Addons' focus doesn't follow mouse upon initiation
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691087

Title:
  Scale Addons' focus doesn't follow mouse upon initiation